Broadway actor Quentin Oliver Lee has died at 34 from colon cancer
Broadway star Quentin Oliver Lee dies at 34: his wife reveals she ‘held his hand tight’ as the actor passed away after a battle with colon cancer
- Broadway actor Quentin Oliver Lee’s wife, Angie, confirmed his passing, aged 34, in an emotional Instagram post.
- The actor, best known for his role as Phantom in the US tour of The Phantom of the Opera, died next to his wife as she held his hand.
- I watched her last breaths, held her hand tightly, and felt her heartbeat slowly recede. He had a smile on his face and he was surrounded by it,’ she wrote.
- His widow continued: “It was peaceful and perfect”
The wife of Broadway star Quentin Oliver Lee, Angie, revealed that he passed away from colon cancer, at the age of 34, ‘in the early hours of the morning’ on Thursday.
The actor, best known for his Off-Broadway role in Heather Christian’s Oratory for Living Things and as the Phantom in the US tour of The Phantom of the Opera, died next to his wife as she held his hand.
I watched her last breaths, held her hand tightly, and felt her heartbeat slowly recede. He had a smile on her face and was surrounded by it,” she wrote on Lee’s Instagram.
Rest in peace: Broadway star Quentin Oliver Lee’s wife, Angie, revealed she passed away from colon cancer, aged 34, ‘in the early hours of the morning’ on Friday
She continued: “It was peaceful and perfect.”
‘He was an incredible man, husband, father, son, brother, friend, singer, actor, and disciple of Christ with great faith in his Heavenly Father. Saying ‘he will be greatly missed’ does not reflect the extent of the people and communities he has created and touched,” the widow said of her late husband.
She continued: ‘If we let it, it made us better people. Samantha and I receive support and encouragement from our families and our own faith. Please understand if I don’t reply, but trust that your messages and her love have been read and felt.”
A star: The actor, best known for his Off-Broadway role in Heather Christian’s Oratory for Living Beings and as the Phantom in the US tour of The Phantom of the Opera, died next to his wife as she held his hand; seen in 2018
“Ghost in the Phantom of the Opera US tour,” he wrote on Lee’s Instagram. I watched her last breaths, held her hand tightly and felt her heartbeat slowly recede. He had a smile on his face and was surrounded by those’ (pictured in 2018)