Andrew Lloyd Webber 'shattered' as son Nick dies aged 43 after cancer battle
ok.co.ukLord Andrew Lloyd Webber has confirmed that his eldest son Nicholas has died.The 75-year-old Oscar-winning composer shared the news on Twitter on Saturday, writing: “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," he added.
It comes after Andrew recently revealed that 43-year-old Nicholas, who was also a composer, had been moved to a hospice where he was “battling” gastric cancer.
He revealed via Instagram that Nick is "over the worst of this first bout of pneumonia" which he caught as a result of his "ghastly" condition.
He wrote: "We’re all here and the family here has gathered around and it was the right place for us all to be I think." He announced Nicholas was “critically ill” with gastric cancer earlier this month.The Oscar-winning composer, who wrote the music for hit shows including Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar, announced he would miss the opening of Bad Cinderella in New York at the Imperial Theatre due to his son being hospitalised.
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