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== Personal life and death ==
Creel was gay and was heavily involved in gay rights activism.<ref name = Paulson/><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.broadway.com/buzz/159649/millie-and-hair-star-gavin-creel-on-coming-out-making-noise-and-dreaming-of-a-hippie-heaven/ | title= Millie and Hair Star Gavin Creel on Coming Out, Making 'Noise' and Dreaming of a Hippie Heaven | website= Broadway.com | date= January 16, 2013 | archive-date= June 18, 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130618082103/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/159649/millie-and-hair-star-gavin-creel-on-coming-out-making-noise-and-dreaming-of-a-hippie-heaven/ | url-status= live }}</ref>He was a regular on the [[LGBT]] RFamilyVacations cruise with [[Rosie O'Donnell]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Gans| first=Andrew| date=March 15, 2008| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115907.html| title=All Aboard!: 'Rosie' Cruise, with Murney, Creel and Rudetsky, Departs March 15| work= [[Playbill]] | url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080623073616/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115907.html| archive-date=June 23, 2008| df=mdy-all}}</ref> He was also one of the founders, with [[Rory O'Malley]] and Jenny Kanelos, of Broadway Impact, an LGBT activist group that mobilized the New York theatre community in the pursuit of [[marriage equality]]. He was an alumnus of Findlay First Edition Show Choir.<ref>{{cite news| title=Creel excited to be returning to northwestern Ohio| url=http://thecourier.com/life-news/2014/09/16/creel-excited-to-be-returning-to-northwestern-ohio/| work=[[The Courier (Findlay)|The Courier]]| location=Findlay, Ohio| date=September 16, 2014| last=Dwiggins| first=Margaret| access-date=June 14, 2017| archive-date=July 30, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730030010/http://thecourier.com/life-news/2014/09/16/creel-excited-to-be-returning-to-northwestern-ohio/| url-status=live}}</ref> He was also a regular on the [[LGBT]] RFamilyVacations cruise with [[Rosie O'Donnell]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Gans| first=Andrew| date=March 15, 2008| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115907.html| title=All Aboard!: 'Rosie' Cruise, with Murney, Creel and Rudetsky, Departs March 15| work= [[Playbill]] | url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080623073616/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115907.html| archive-date=June 23, 2008| df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2009, Creel dated fellow actor [[Jonathan Groff]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Sessums|first=Kevin|date=December 20, 2016|title=Jonathan Groff Talks Looking, Hamilton, and Madonna's iPhone|url=http://fourtwonine.com/2016/12/20/6022-boys-of-summer/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014033912/http://fourtwonine.com/2016/12/20/6022-boys-of-summer/|archive-date=October 14, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2024|website=FourTwoNine}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was in a relationship with Alex Temple Ward.<ref name = Paulson/>
Creel took a temporary leave from ''Hello, Dolly!'' in March 2018 to recover from back surgery.<ref>{{cite web| last= Clement| first= Olivia| url= http://www.playbill.com/article/santino-fontana-to-step-into-hello-dolly-on-broadway#| title= Santino Fontana to Step Into 'Hello, Dolly!' on Broadway| work= Playbill| date= February 21, 2018|accessdate=January 27, 2022| archive-date= February 22, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180222104847/http://www.playbill.com/article/santino-fontana-to-step-into-hello-dolly-on-broadway| url-status= dead}}</ref>
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