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Memorial service set for next week for Broadway star Gavin Creel, who died Sept. 30

Nov. 25, 2024 19:01 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A memorial tribute to Broadway star Gavin Creel is planned next Monday in the theater where he starred in “Into the Woods” and will be livestreamed online to viewers in the U.S. and U.K. Creel died Sept. 30 at the age of 48. MCC Theater will host...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 1-7

Nov. 25, 2024 09:50 AM EST

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 1-7: Dec. 1: Actor-director Woody Allen is 89. Singer Dianne Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 85. Bassist Casey Van Beek of The Tractors is 82. Singer-guitarist Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult is 80. Drummer John Densmore of The Doors is 80....

Gavin Creel, Tony Award winner and musical Broadway veteran, dies at 48

Sep. 30, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony Award for “Hello, Dolly!” opposite Bette Midler and earned nominations for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 48. Publicist...