Ian Gelder, finest identified for his role as Kevan Lannister in “Game of Thrones,” has died. He was 74.
Gelder’s partner, fellow actor Ben Daniels, shared the heartbreaking news on Instagram Tuesday.
Daniels, 59, unveiled that Gelder was battling bile duct cancer considering the fact that December.
“It is with huge large disappointment and a hefty coronary heart broken into a million parts that I’m leaving this post to announce the passing of my darling partner and lifestyle spouse Ian Gelder,” Daniels started his article.
The British actor, who stopped operating when his husband obtained sick, claimed that the pair didn’t be expecting Gelder to die “so fast” from the “dreadful health issues.”
“He was my complete rock and we’d been partners for additional than 30 several years,” Daniels wrote. “If we weren’t jointly we spoke to just about every other every day. He was the kindest, most generous spirited and loving human remaining.”
“I honestly really do not know what I’ll do devoid of him by my facet,” Daniels extra about his late lover. “He was amazing and will be so skipped.”
Gelder and Daniels were jointly because 1983.
They achieved on the established of the British play “Entertaining Mr. Sloane.”
Gelder performed Kevan Lannister on the 1st six seasons of “Game of Thrones.”
Kevan was the brother of Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) and uncle of Cersei Lanniser (Lena Headey), Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), and Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage).
The character was killed alongside several others, such as Margaery Tyrell, Loras Tyrell, and the Significant Sparrow, when Cersei blew up the Great Sept of Baelor with wildfire in the Year 6 finale.
Gelder began acting in the 1970s and labored until he was identified with cancer.
In addition to “Game of Thrones,” he experienced roles in well-liked shows like “EastEnders,” “Doctor Who” and “His Dark Resources.”
Gelder will seem in the approaching seasons of “Interview With the Vampire” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Ability.”
