Andrew Lloyd Webber has introduced the dying of his eldest son.
Nicholas, a 43-year-old composer, had been moved to a hospice as he battled gastric most cancers.
His Oscar-winning father stated the household “are all totally bereft” after he died on Saturday.
“I am shattered to have to announce that my beloved elder son Nick died a few hours ago in Basingstoke Hospital,” Lloyd Webber wrote on Twitter.
“His whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft.”
Nicholas adopted in his father’s footsteps by changing into a composer, scoring the BBC’s Love, Lies And Records, and a theatrical and symphonic model of The Little Prince.
He additionally produced his father’s Symphonic Suites on the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.
He was recognized with gastric most cancers 18 months in the past.
Lloyd Webber stated the current development of his sickness had left him “absolutely devastated”.
The 75-year-old, finest recognized for musicals together with Cats, The Phantom Of The Opera, and Starlight Express, missed the opening of Bad Cinderella at New York’s Imperial Theatre consequently.
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What is gastric most cancers?
Gastric most cancers – or abdomen most cancers – is when cells kind within the lining of the abdomen and develop abnormally.
If the most cancers is discovered at an early stage, it may be handled.
There are many signs, a few of which can be laborious to identify – the NHS says they embody:
• Heartburn or acid reflux disorder
• Issues with swallowing
• Feeling or being sick
• Indigestion
• Feeling full in a short time
• Loss of urge for food and weight reduction
• Pain on the prime of the abdomen
• Feeling very fatigued
• A lump on the prime of the abdomen
According to Bupa, round 6,600 folks within the UK get abdomen most cancers every year.
Source: information.sky.com”