sarcoma

The Tony Award-winning theater actor — parts in “Into the Woods,” “Waitress,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Hello, Dolly!” were among his starring roles — died Monday of an aggressive form of cancer known as metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, which he was diagnosed with in July.

Two years later, Nansi, from Criccieth in Gwynedd, was diagnosed with sarcoma - a type of cancer which about 5,300 people are diagnosed with in the UK every year.

Sarcoma specialist nurse Luke Davies, from Swansea's Singleton Hospital, said the condition was complicated.

After a six-week wait, the family was given the news that Nansi had desmoid-type fibromatosis, a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma cancer.

The teenager from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, had been diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in early 2020 after she suddenly struggled to walk.