Ben Daniels revealed that Ian Gilder had been battling bile duct cancer since December renowned for his portrayal of Kevin Lannister in HBO's epic Series Game of Thrones actor Ian Gilder has died at the age of 74 the news of gilder's death was confirmed by his husband Ben Daniels who shared the heartbreaking announcement on social media in a post on Instagram Daniels expressed his profound grief stating it is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken in to a million pieces that I'm leaving this post to announce the passing