

Webber leaves behind a wife and two young daughters. “He was a veteran education mentor, a relentless patriot and a defender of freedom who valued justice and liberty for others just as much as his own life,” wrote Kristen Edwards, the organizer of an online fundraiser for Webber’s family. He deployed to the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea in 2015 and last served with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Ryan Bruce, a spokesman for the Marine Corps. Marine Corps in 2013 and achieved the rank of private first class after serving for three years, according to Capt. The formation was activated shortly after Russia’s first invasion of the country in 2014. He said Chosen Company is not part of the International Legion, a unit for foreign fighters within the Ukrainian military but is instead one element of Ukraine’s 59th Motorized Brigade. I’m proud to have called you a brother in arms, and a brother forever.” “Lance was an integral part of Chosen Company, our friend, and our family,” wrote the man using the X handle “I wish I could’ve done something differently during the operation and have you still here with us. He came because he thought what was happening in Ukraine by Russia was wrong.”Ī man from southern Florida who said he was wounded in the same operation that killed the veterans described Lawrence as “one of the hardest-charging dudes I’ve ever known who never failed to brighten the moods of anyone and everyone around him.” “He was not a mercenary out for blood or excited for combat.

“Lance was enlisted into the Ukrainian armed forces,” O’Leary wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. He has also scored such theatrical hits as Cats, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar and Starlight Express.Ryan O’Leary, an American who said he is serving as a company sergeant with the Ukrainian ground forces, tweeted Lawrence had been providing cover for fellow soldiers under heavy enemy fire when he was killed. The 75-year-old EGOT winner is well-known for composing the music for The Phantom of the Opera, which is winding down its Broadway run after 35 years. Nick married viola player Polly Wiltshire in 2018.Īndrew Lloyd Webber issued a statement earlier this month about his son’s illness, which he said would cause him to miss preview performances and the opening night of his new musical, Bad Cinderella, on Broadway. Nick also composed the score for director Gillies MacKinnon’s 2021 feature film The Last Bus, starring Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan.
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He scored the BBC One series Love, Lies and Records, which is an adaptation of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic book The Little Prince. The musical launched in London’s West End and goes by the title Bad Cinderella on Broadway.

Nick Lloyd Webber was a composer and record producer who earned a 2022 Grammy Award nomination for his producing work on the soundtrack album for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella. Rose Gregorio, Tony Nominee for 'The Shadow Box' and Actress on 'ER,' Dies at 97 Thank you for all your thoughts during this difficult time.” “His whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft. “I am shattered to have to announce that my beloved elder son Nick died a few hours ago in Basingstoke Hospital,” Lloyd Webber’s latest statement read. On Thursday, Lloyd Webber posted to Instagram that Nick had been checked into hospice care after he was diagnosed with pneumonia due to his cancer. The legendary theatrical composer announced the news Saturday, stating that his son had died earlier that day in Basingstoke, a town in England. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s eldest son, Nick Lloyd Webber, has died following an 18-month-long battle with gastric cancer.
