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Ben Lewis, the Australian actor who played the title role in The Phantom of the Opera in London’s West End, died today of of bowel cancer in Sydney. He was 46.

His death was announced on Instagram by his friend, the Australian TV presenter Todd Woodbridge.

Born into a family of opera singers in London on September 28, 1979, Lewis studied voice at London’s Royal College of Music and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. In the early 2000s, he appeared on stage in Sydney in such productions as Urinetown, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and A Little Night Music.

In 2011, Lewis starred in the original Australian production of Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to his The Phantom of the Opera. In 2017-2018, Lewis starred in The Phantom of the Opera in London.

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