Andrew Lloyd Webber Announces Son Nick’s Death

Andrew Lloyd Webber has introduced the dying of his eldest son Nicholas Lloyd Webber from gastric most cancers.

“I am shattered to have to announce that my beloved elder son Nick died a few hours ago in Basingstoke Hospital. His whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft. Thank you for all your thoughts during this difficult time.”

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The son’s sickness was disclosed earlier this week by Lloyd Webber when the composer introduced that he would miss the Broadway opening of his newest musical Bad Cinderella with a view to stay by a hospitalized Nicholas. Andrew Lloyd Webber turned 75 on the evening of the March 22 opening.

Nicholas Lloyd Webber was 43 and had not too long ago been moved from hospital to hospice care.

In the sooner message, Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote, “I want to thank you for the outpouring of messages of support for my son, Nick. He’s now been moved into a hospice and he’s battling away,” he stated within the video. “I think he’s over the worst of this first bout of pneumonia that he’s got as a result of his cancer, which is just ghastly. We’re all here and the family here has gathered around, and it was the right place for us all to be I think. I’m going to go see Nick in a minute and I’m going to pass on all of the fantastic wishes that I’ve had for him from everywhere all around the world.”

Nicholas, the son of Lloyd Webber and first spouse Sarah Hugill, was a Grammy-nominated composer, scoring and co-producing the unique London Cinderella forged album in 2021. Nicholas additionally scored the movie The Last Bus (2021), directed by Gillies McKinnon and starring Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan.

Nicholas additionally scored the BBC 1 drama Love, Lies and Records, amongst different initiatives.

-Greg Evans contributed to this report

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