Gavin Creel, the musical theater actor who won a Tony Award for "Hello, Dolly!" and an Olivier Award for "The Book of Mormon," died on Monday at his home in Manhattan.

Gavin Creel, a Broadway veteran who won a Tony Award for "Hello, Dolly!" and nominations for "Hair" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 48. Publicist Matt Polk said Creel died at his home in Manhattan of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma.

Gavin Creel, the Broadway actor known for roles in “Hair” and “Hello, Dolly!,” died Monday at the age of 48. The death was confirmed by his partner Alex Temple Ward, per The Hollywood Reporter.