A heart attack has claimed the life of Geoff King, who helped wife Ellie King build Royal Canadian Theatre Company over the past 16 years.

A Langley resident, Geoff King was involved in productions staged by the 性视界传媒-based company ever since it was founded in 2006, typically in backstage roles including technical director and sound/set design.

Geoff died Sunday evening (Oct. 23), two days after suffering a massive heart attack Friday, Ellie posted to Facebook.

She called Geoff 鈥渢he love of my life, my dearest, most amazing husband.

鈥淧lease, if you know someone whose life he touched, let them know. He was so well loved by all,鈥� Ellie wrote.

鈥淗e was a creative, sweet, kind and loving husband, father, brother-in-law and grandfather. Words cannot express the loss the family is feeling right now.鈥�

Last July, Ellie retired from the job of leading 性视界传媒-based Royal Canadian Theatre Company, for which she was the managing artistic director, and handed the reins to production manager Crystal Weltzin and artistic director Kerri Norris.

鈥淕eoff and I were a team in theatre, music, optics (!) and life,鈥� Ellie posted on Sunday. 鈥淲e laughed and loved together and we had one helluva life. He was truly a good human.鈥�

A celebration of life is being planned, she added.

This month, Royal Canadian staged 鈥淕host of a Chance鈥� at 性视界传媒 Arts Centre Oct. 14-15 before moving the production to Anvil Centre in New West.

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