# The Oz Phantom Has Died

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 1, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oz-phantom-has-died/466036 "2008-10-01T18:22:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oz-phantom-has-died/466036/1 "2008-10-01T18:22:22Z")

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> 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.
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> **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](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.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oz-phantom-has-died/466036/2 "2008-10-01T22:38:02Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oz-phantom-has-died/466036/3 "2008-10-02T04:50:00Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oz-phantom-has-died/466036/4 "2008-10-02T04:55:27Z")

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Edited for thread-shitting.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oz-phantom-has-died/466036/5 "2008-10-02T12:20:34Z")

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Ah, fuck. He was so damn good.☹