Ian Gelder, actor who played Kevan Lannister in “Game of Thrones”, has died aged 74. The announcement was made on Tuesday night (7) by Ben Daniels, the actor’s husband, on social media. Gelder had been diagnosed with cancer.
“It is with enormous sadness and a heart broken into a million pieces that I leave this post to announce the passing of my dear husband and life partner Ian Gelder,” Daniels wrote.
“Ian was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December and yesterday [segunda-feira, 6] He passed away at 1:07 p.m., I stopped all work to take care of him, but none of us had any idea that everything would happen so quickly.”
Gelder appeared in twelve episodes of “Game of Thrones” as Kevan Lennister, and participated in other productions, such as “Doctor Who”, “Fifteen-Love” and “His Dark Materials”.
He is also in the second season of the series “Interview with the Vampire”, which premieres in May in the USA, and in the second season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”.
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