British actor who played Kevan Lannister in hit fantasy series diagnosed with cancer five months ago
During a career spanning decades, he was a familiar face on screen with roles in Torchwood, His Dark Materials,He died five months after being diagnosed with bile duct cancer, his husband and fellow actor, Ben Daniels,“It is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I’m leaving this post to announce the passing of my darling husband and life partner Ian Gelder.
“He was my absolute rock and we’d been partners for more than 30 years. If we weren’t together we spoke to each other everyday. “I honestly don’t know what I’ll do without him by my side. He coped with his dreadful illness with such bravery and no self pity. Ever. He was remarkable and will be so missed.”
He appeared most recently earlier this year in an episode of the BBC One period detective series Father Brown.
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