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.

Creel passed away at his home in New York on Monday. His death was confirmed by his partner, Alex Temple Ward. The cause of death was a rare and aggressive form of cancer - metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma - which Creel was diagnosed with in July.

Tony Award-winning actor Gavin Creel died at the age of 48. Creel died at his home in New York on Monday. His death was confirmed to Us Weekly by his partner, Alex Temple Ward, through a publicist. The cause of his death was metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma,