Broadway star dies aged 46 after battling rare cancer

On Saturday, January 3, the actor’s husband, Stephen Hanna-Shuford, announced the upsetting news in a statement to social media.“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that early this morning we said goodbye to the most amazing man, husband and Papa in the universe,” Stephen wrote in his post.“Bret Hanna-Shuford left this world peacefully with love surrounded by his family. Our hearts are broken but we will continue to make him proud of us…”

As per reports, Hanna-Shuford, who had Broadway credits from productions including Wicked, Beauty and the Beast, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, was diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and T-Cell Lymphoma, which impacted his immune system.

The performer and husband Stephen share a three-year-old son, Maverick, and regularly chronicled their day-to-day lives on their Instagram page, titled ‘Broadway Husbands’, which has some 255,000 followers.