The Oz Phantom Has Died

[Duckster]

LEADING Australian theatre star Rob Guest has reportedly died in Melbourne after suffering a massive stroke.

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Guest is best known for playing the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera for most of the 1990s in Australia.

He was the world’s longest serving Phantom having played the role a record 2289 performances over seven years in front of Australian and New Zealand audiences.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24434484-10388,00.html
The first time I saw Phantom of the Opera was in Oz, with Rob as the Phantom.

[Cunctator]

How sad. I saw him in *Wicked *in Melbourne in August. He was very good.

[Eyebrows_0f_Doom]

That’s awful. He was so young. I read yesterday that he had a sudden stroke but was hoping he would pull through. He was a fabulous Valjean as well.

[Scissorjack]

Edited for thread-shitting.

[Annie-Xmas]

Ah, fuck. He was so damn good.