Overview
- Sheik died Thursday, Sept. 17, in a Manhattan hospital, a timing confirmed by multiple outlets and by his family.
- His mother, Suzanne Sheik, told the New York Times that the immediate cause of death was organ failure, though some reports described cardiac arrest in early accounts.
- The day before his death the family posted on his verified Instagram that he was "receiving medical care" and "remains in critical but stable condition," and they asked for privacy.
- He is survived by his partner Nora Ariffin and their daughter Ines, and collaborators and producers issued public tributes mourning his loss.
- Sheik is best known for the 1996 hit "Barely Breathing" and for composing the Tony- and Grammy-winning score to Spring Awakening, and his death arrives days before Off-Broadway openings of Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen and a Spring Awakening revival that producers say will go on as scheduled.