12:08 PM EDT 10/27/2009
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Musical Maestro Lloyd Webber Battling Cancer
Originally posted 10/26/2009 08:15AM
The composer behind the hit musicals The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita is being treated for prostate cancer, it was announced.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, 61, is expected to be back at work in a couple of months after tests detected the disease early, according to his reps.
In a brief statement to PEOPLE, they said: "The condition is in its very early stages. Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year."
At the moment, the musician – who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth and then awarded a peerage, giving him the formal title Baron Lloyd-Webber – is preparing Love Never Dies, a sequel to Phantom of the Opera that is scheduled to open in London in March.
– Simon Perry
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Lloyd Webber Whistling Today
Originally posted 05/31/1999 12:00AM
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was cleared in a plagiarism suit Tuesday when a jury in New York concluded he did not copy the melody for the "Phantom of the Opera" theme from a Baltimore songwriter. "I have been totally vindicated," Lloyd Webber said. "This is a victory not just for me but for all songwriters who have been plagued by contingency lawyers. Perhaps we will now see the end of these money-grabbing spurious cases." Ray Repp, the songwriter who had accused Lloyd Webber of stealing his 1978 song "Till You," stood dejected in the federal courtroom in Manhattan after the jury returned with its decision. "I have no doubt whatsoever that's my song," said Repp, 56, who first brought the lawsuit in 1990. Repp has written dozens of religious songs and has 11 albums to his credit.
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