Overview

• His death on October 6 was confirmed by family after friend Todd Woodbridge posted a tribute, with his wife, Melle Stewart, by his side.
• He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in February 2024, and scans this year showed metastases to his liver, lungs and pelvis that made the disease incurable.
• Lewis earned acclaim as the Phantom in Australia’s Love Never Dies, a performance filmed by Universal, and later in the West End’s The Phantom of the Opera.
• He served as primary carer for Stewart after her 2021 stroke linked to vaccine-induced thrombocytopenic thrombosis, prompting their return to Australia.
• Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh and colleagues posted remembrances, while a GoFundMe for Stewart’s future care has raised more than $180,000.