‘Game of Thrones’ star dies at 74 months after cancer diagnosis [Video]

British actor Ian Gelder, widely known for his role in “Game of Thrones,” has died, according to a social media post from his husband. He was 74 years old.Ben Daniels, Gelder’s husband, said on Instagram Tuesday that Gelder, who portrayed Kevan Lannister in the award-winning drama, had been battling cancer for months.”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 Ian Gelder,” Daniel wrote. “Ian was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December and yesterday he passed at 13.07. I’d stopped all work to be his carer but neither of us had any idea that it would all be so fast.” Daniels and Gelder were together for more than 30 years.”I honestly don’t know what I’ll do without him by my side. He coped with his dreadful illness …