Legendary Broadway producer Adam Epstein dies aged 49 [Video]

Broadway producer Adam Epstein has died at the age of 49.

The theater legend, who worked on Hairspray, Amadeus and the Crucible, died on Tuesday following a battle with brain cancer.

His family confirmed the news, via the Hollywood Reporter, sharing that he was at the Adventist Health Hospital in LA.

Brett Epstein, his younger brother, posted a lengthy statement and tribute to his sibling on Facebook on Wednesday, sharing that a ‘large part’ of himself has also died.

Alongside a photo of the pair together during one of their ‘weekly brothers dinners’, he began: ‘It’s with profound sadness and the heaviest of hearts that I announce the passing of my beloved brother and best friend Adam Epstein.

‘Adam, who would have been 50 on September 7th, tragically lost a very short yet incredibly grueling battle to a brain tumor (Gliosarcoma). My entire family is devastated and in shock from his loss.

‘A large part of …