Ian gelder's husband pays tribute to Game of Thrones star after his death my absolute Rock Lan gelder's husband Ben Daniels is paying tribute to the Game of Thrones actor following his death at age 74 it is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I'm leaving this post to announce the passing of my darling husband and life partner Lan gelder Daniels wrote via Instagram on Tuesday May 7th Lan was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December and yesterday he passed at 13.07 Daniels noted that he had stopped working to be a caregiver for gelder but said neither of us had any idea that it would all be so fast he was my absolute Rock and we've been partners for more than 30 years Daniels continued if we weren't together we spoke to each other every day he was the kindest most generous spirited and loving human being he was a wonderful wonderful actor and everyone who worked with him was touched by his heart and light I honestly don't know what I'll do without him by my side Daniel said that gelder coped with his Dreadful illness with such bravery with no self-pity ever Daniels added he was remarkable and will be so missed alongside the message Daniels shared a selfie of the tusum with a decorated Christmas tree visible in the background this pick was taken at Christmas time after I'd got him out of hospital and even though he'd gone through the worst three weeks there you can still see his joy and love shining through Daniels wrote rest well my sweet chiani 4X DPA management who represented gelder also honored the star via social media it was a pleasure to represent Lan gelder for the latter part of his career the DPA management account wrote via X on Tuesday the world will be a lesser place without him in it Lan was such a lovely person and a wonderful actor I know he will be hugely missed by all those that loved him and worked alongside him gelder played Kevin Lannister in 12 episodes of games of thrones among other notable films and TV shows including Doctor Who 15 Love In His Dark Materials prior to his death gelder filmed season two of Interview with the Vampire which premieres on AMC Sunday May 12th he will portray the vampire Santiago later this year he makes an appearance on season 2 of prime videosos the Lord of the Rings the rings of P