Deadline: Rick Miramontez, a spokesman for the Rees-Elice family, said that Roger Rees “passed away last night at his home in New York City, after a brief journey with cancer. His husband Rick Elice, and family and friends were at his side.” As word spread of the actor-director’s death on Saturday, social media from the UK and across the U.S. filled with tributes and condolences from colleagues and fans, including this, from Nicholas Nickleby co-director (with John Caird) Trevor Nunn:
RIP