At that point, Garbutt mentioned that in “the last month or so I have been having quite a bit of pain in my back and hip”.
“My cancer team admitted me the other day for observations and to do a few scans,” he mentioned.
“Unfortunately the scans have shown that the cancer has progressed rapidly in my body and I am now entering the last stages of my life.
“I’m placing this on the market as it’s actually tough to inform folks individually and I hope now it is within the open then I can benefit from the time with my superb household and mates.”
In 2023, he told the BBC a mole discovered by his barber during a haircut after a lockdown restriction was found to be malignant melanoma.
Garbutt graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in July 2019 and had previously played the role of Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
He has also appeared in the BBC television hospital series Casualty.
Garbutt additionally featured as Raymond within the movie Housejackers, which premiered on the Belfast Film Festival final yr.
