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2:33AM Jess McGuire | Sad news this morning – Rob Guest has passed away aged 57 after a stroke on Tuesday night.
Guest, 57, who stars as the Wizard of Oz in the Melbourne hit musical Wicked, was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday after suffering the stroke.
Early this morning, a hospital spokesperson said: “The family want the public to know he was surrounded by family and friends when he died”.
Our condolences to Rob’s family and friends.
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1:10AM Jess McGuire | Unfortunately it looks as though sending our best wishes yesterday was a woefully unhelpful thing to do, although our heart was in the right place. The papers are currently reporting that Rob Guest is near death after a stroke on Tuesday night.
Stage and television great Rob Guest was fighting for his life last night after suffering a massive stroke. Guest, who stars as the Wizard of Oz in the hit musical Wicked, had been relaxing at home after his performance on Sunday night when he reported feeling unwell and collapsed at his computer. On Tuesday night he was rushed to Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital with bleeding on the brain.
The former Phantom of the Opera star and host of risqué ’90s television show Man O Man was put on life-support after his condition worsened.
It may not actually do anything, but let’s continue to send our thoughts out to Rob and his family, eh? We’re not always heartless bastards around these parts.
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5:08PM Jess McGuire | Our thoughts go out to actor Rob Guest this afternoon as news emerges the star of the theatre suffered a stroke last night and is currently in St Vincents Hospital.
Guest, 57, currently starring in the musical Wicked, was admitted to Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital last night, a spokeswoman for the production said.
Guest is best known for playing the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera for most of the 1990s in Australia.
Rob impressively portrayed the Phantom for – wait for it – 2289 performances! A champion effort by anyone’s standards.
We wish him a speedy recovery.
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