Andrew Lloyd Webber’s son Nicholas has died at the age of 43.
The composer, who is best known for writing the music for stage shows including Phantom Of The Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar, broke the news about his eldest child this evening.
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He wrote: “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. –ALW.”
Andrew, 75, first revealed that his son Nick, 43, who was also a composer, was battling cancer earlier this week.
The father-of-two told how his son had been battling gastric cancer for the past 18 months, and was “critically ill”.
Just days later he told how his son had moved to a hospice, saying: “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.
“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, it was the right place for us all to be I think,” he added.
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