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Gavin Creel Honored at Broadway Memorial Service Filled With Music, Humor and Heartbreak: ‘He Was Everyone’s Favorite Person’
Gavin Creel, the Tony Award-winning star of 'Hello, Dolly!' who died of cancer at 48, was honored at an emotional memorial service on Broadway.
There were also performances by Broadway icons like Kelli O’Hara, Phillipa Soo and Joshua Henry of songs such as “How Glory Goes,” “Sunday” and “Children Will Listen” that held special significance for Creel. Friends and colleagues praised Creel’s activism on behalf of marriage equality and organizations like Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, while Ward remembered the “gargantuan amount of radical acceptance” with which he processed his terminal diagnosis. The memorial service was held at Broadway’s St. James Theatre, where Creel appeared as a vain prince in the 2022 revival of “Into the Woods,” earning characteristically glowing notices for his comic turn.
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