West News Wire: After a protracted struggle with gastric cancer and pneumonia, Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the Grammy-nominated composer, record producer, and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, passed away on Saturday in England. He was 43.
In a statement supplied by a representative via email, the 75-year-old Webber stated, “His entire family is gathered together, and we are all totally bereft.” I appreciate all of your kind words during this trying time.
According to his father, Nicholas passed away at a hospital in Basingstoke, a town in central southern England. The renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber skipped the Broadway premiere of his “Bad Cinderella” on Thursday in order to be by his son’s side with other family members.
Nicholas is best known for his work on the BBC One’s “Love, Lies and Records,” which was based on the book “The Little Prince.” He also worked on his father’s 2021 “Cinderella,” earning a Grammy nod for best musical theater album.
Nicholas is Webber’s son with his first wife, Sarah Hugill, also the mother of his older sister, Imogen. The senior Webber has four other children.