{"id":6196,"date":"2025-10-07T22:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:09:30","slug":"phantom-of-the-opera-star-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=6196","title":{"rendered":"Phantom of the Opera star Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"69\">West End Star Ben Lewis Dies at 46 After Battle With Bowel Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"256\">The theater world mourns <strong data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"111\">Ben Lewis<\/strong>, best known for his roles in<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"CNa_xqqMk5ADFbCwgwcdXXAaxQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23207117756\/trendusa1.com\/trendusa1.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"256\"><strong data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"169\">The Phantom of the Opera<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"193\">Love Never Dies<\/strong>, who passed away at 46 after a battle with <strong data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"253\">bowel cancer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"508\">Australian TV host Todd Woodbridge shared the news on Instagram,<\/p>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLKn1KqMk5ADFWyHgwcdiNUvXQ\"><\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLKn1KqMk5ADFWyHgwcdiNUvXQ\"><\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLKn1KqMk5ADFWyHgwcdiNUvXQ\"><\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLKn1KqMk5ADFWyHgwcdiNUvXQ\">\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"508\">calling him <em data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"356\">\u201cone of the greats\u201d<\/em> and recalling his humor, kindness, and mentorship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"508\"><em data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"496\">\u201cBen was a star on stage as Phantom\u2026 More importantly he was one of the great humans,\u201d<\/em>he wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"850\">Lewis was diagnosed in <strong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"550\">February 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"850\">Despite surgery and intensive chemotherapy, the aggressive cancer spread to his liver, lungs, and pelvis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"850\">Born to a family of opera singers, he trained at the <strong data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"737\">Royal College of Music<\/strong> and the<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"850\"><strong data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"795\">Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts<\/strong>, starring in major productions in Sydney and London.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"1026\">Ben was also the <strong data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"918\">primary caregiver for his wife, Melle Stewart<\/strong>, who suffered a severe stroke in 2021.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"1026\">His dedication to both family and theater leaves a lasting legacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West End Star Ben Lewis Dies at 46 After Battle With Bowel Cancer &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The theater world mourns Ben Lewis, best known for his roles in The Phantom of the Opera and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6197,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196\/revisions\/6197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}