Overview
- Garbutt’s family announced Friday on Instagram that he died after a sudden decline and said he passed peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones.
- The actor said in March that scans showed rapid cancer progression, and he entered hospice care in late March.
- He was best known for playing PC Ryan Power on the BBC drama Hope Street, appearing in about 30 episodes filmed in Northern Ireland.
- His illness began when a barber spotted a mole behind his ear in 2021–22, led to major surgery in 2022, and advanced to stage IV melanoma by August 2024 shortly before his daughter’s birth.
- A family GoFundMe set up to support his wife, Louise, and their daughter, Saoirse, has topped £100,000, with funeral details to be announced and a request for privacy.