in Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, and as Esher in Myst V: End of Ages. Stiers was the reader for numerous audiobook versions of novels, including Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full (1998), and Colleen McCullough's The First Man in Rome. Music Though he had no formal musical training, Stiers was the associate conductor of the Newport (Oregon) Symphony Orchestra and the Ernest Bloch Music Festival. He also played a major role in establishing the Newport Symphony. He also guest-conducted over 70 orchestras around the world, including the Oregon Mozart Players, the Vancouver Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, the Oregon Chamber Players, and the Yaquina (Oregon) Chamber Orchestra, as well as orchestras in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto. Stiers traced his love of music back to a performance by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra on the basketball court at the University of Oregon in the 1950s. During his days at Juilliard, he would skip his acting classes to sit in on master classes led by such notables as John Williams, Pierre Boulez, and Sir Georg Solti. Stiers also performed as Reverend Brock in the 2000 re-performance of the Broadway musical 'Tenderloin' by City Centers Encores. Personal life and death Stiers never married and came out as gay in 2009. Stiers died at his home in Newport, Oregon, on March 3, 2018, at the age of 75, from complications related to bladder cancer. His will made provisions for bequests to several arts organizations in his area, including the Newport Symphony, Newport Public Library, and the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, among others. Filmography Film Television Video games Stage credits Awards and nominations References External links 1942 births 2018 deaths 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Actors from Peoria, Illinois American conductors (music) American male conductors (music) American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American male voice actors American male video game actors Audiobook narrators Disney people Deaths from bladder cancer Deaths from cancer in Oregon Male actors from Eugene, Oregon American gay actors LGBT people from Illinois Illinois Democrats Oregon Democrats Juilliard School alumni Male actors from Illinois Musicians from Peoria, Illinois People from Chillicothe, Illinois People from Peoria County, Illinois People from Urbana, Illinois University of Oregon alumni Classical musicians from Illinois People from Newport, Oregon