Mel & Dorian
One Life to Live’s Stephen Markle (Mel Hayes) Dead at 73 November 6 2018 (his death was not announced until 2019) – pictured here with Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord).
Photos: Remembering Soap Stars We’ve Lost in 2019
The soap industry has lost many famous faces throughout 2019 such as One Life to Live’s Stephen Markle, Dallas’ Ken Kercheval, Passions’ Georgia Engel, Young and the Restless’ Kristoff St. John, General Hospital’s Jed Allen, 90210’s Luke Perry, Soap’s Katherine Helmond, The Doctors and Another World’s Beverley Owen, Days of our Lives’ Steve Bean, Another World and As the World Turns’ Carmen Duncan, All My Children’s Candice Earley, All My Children, Santa Barbara, Days of our Lives and One Life to Live’s writer, Bettina Bradley, Days of our Lives’ William Morgan Sheppard, General Hospital’s head of hair and make-up’s Donna Messina and Bold and Beautiful and Young and the Restless’ Scha Jani.
It’s never easy to say goodbye to a family member or a friend and because we let these stars into our lives through television or movies, we think of them almost as friends. If you haven’t read the news by now, we also have honored the soap stars we’ve lost in 2018 such as Soap’s Donnelly Rhodes, Young and the Restless’ Elizabeth Sung, Days of our Lives’ Peggy McCay and various others that will always be remembered.
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Ken Kercheval
Image Credit: Nick Sined/JPI ‘Dallas’ Alum Ken Kercheval (Cliff Barnes) Dead at 83, April 20.
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Georgia Engel
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Passions Alum Georgia Engel (Esmerelda) Dead at 70 years of age in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Kristoff St. John
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI Y&R’s Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters) Dead at 52 on February 3. The official cause of death was “hypertrophic heart disease… and effects of ethanol.”
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Jed Allan
Image Credit: Denis Guignebourg/JPI Soap Alum Jed Allan Dead at 84 in Palm Desert, California on March 10.
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Luke Perry
Image Credit: Jimmy Wixtrom Aftonbladet/JPI 90210, Loving and Another World’s Luke Perry Dead at 52 on Monday March 4 due to a massive stroke
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Katherine Helmond
Image Credit: Jaimie Rodriguez/JPI Soap’s Katherine Helmond died on February 28 at age 89 due to Alzheimer’s complications.
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Steve Bean
Image Credit: Facebook Steve Bean (Steve Levy) passed away on January 21 at the age of 58 due to sino-squamous cell carcinoma.
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Beverley Owen
Image Credit: CBS As the World Turns, The Doctors and Another World’s Alum Beverley Owen of ‘The Munsters’ Dead at 81 on February 21.
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Carmen Duncan
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Soap Alum Carmen Duncan Dead at 76 on February 3 due to cancer.
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Candice Earley
Image Credit: Getty Images Y&R’s Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters) Dead at 52 on February 3. The official cause of death was “hypertrophic heart disease… and effects of ethanol.”
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Donna Messina
Image Credit: ABC General Hospital’s Donna Messina Dead at 59 on December 6, 2018 (the word did not come out until January 7, 2019)
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William Morgan Sheppard
Image Credit: Steve Granitz/Getty Days, ‘Star Trek’ Alum William Morgan Sheppard Dead at 86 on January 6.
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Bettina Bradbury
Image Credit: Emmys Soap Writer Bettina Bradbury died at age 63 on January 13. She wrote for All My Children, Days of our Lives, One life to Live and Santa Barbara.
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Scha Jani
Image Credit: CBS B&B and Y&R’s Scha Jani Dead at 66 on November 26, 2018 (information was not available until January 7, 2019).
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Sylvia Miles
Image Credit: Everett Collection/Shutterstock All My Children and One Life to Live alum Sylvia Miles passed away at age 94 from unknown causes while en route to the hospital.
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Susan Bernard
Image Credit: Marion Curtis/Starpix/Shutterstock General Hospital actress Susan Bernard passed away at 71 from an apparent heart attack.
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Joel Aronowitz
Image Credit: CBS As the World Turns and Edge of Night director Joel Aronowitz passed away on June 29 following a brief illness.
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Arte Johnson
Image Credit: Scott Kirkland/Shutterstock General Hospital alum Arte Johnson died on July 3 following a battle of bladder and prostate cancer.
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Cameron Boyce
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI General Hospital: Night Shift alum Cameron Boyce died in his sleep at the age of 20 following a seizure. The actor had been treated for epilepsy.
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Denise Nickerson
Image Credit: Marion Curtis/Starpix/Shutterstock Willy Wonka, Search for Tomorrow and Dark Shadows actress Denise Nickerson died at 62 on July 11 after suffering a stroke.
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Robert Milli
Image Credit: CBS Soap opera vet Robert Milli passed away at 86 after a battle with cancer.
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David Hedison
Image Credit: Image: Jill Johnson/JPI Another World and Young and Restless alum David Hedison passed away at 92.
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Jenna Wittman
Image Credit: CBS Bold and Beautiful and Young and Restless makeup artist Jenna Wittman passed away in July 2019 after being put on life support.
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Sy Tomashoff
Image Credit: SheKnows Bold and Beautiful Production Designer Sy Tomashoff passed away at 96.
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Carol Lynley
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Another World actress Carol Lynley passed away at 77 after suffering a heartattack.
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Rocci Chatfield
Image Credit: NBC Days of our Lives and Generations script writer Rocci Chatfield passed away at 93 of natural causes.
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Brian Turk
Image Credit: Lisa Rose/JPI General Hospital alum Brian Turk passed away at 49 due to complications from brain cancer.
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Phyllis Newman
Image Credit: Jennifer Graylock/JPI One Life to Live alum Phyllis Newman passed away at 86.
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Jan Merlin
Image Credit: NBC Another World writer Jan Merlin passed away at 94.
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Hogan Sheffer
Image Credit: Brian Lowe/JPI Soap opera writer Hogan Sheffer passed away at 61.
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Suzanne Whang
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI General Hospital alum Suzanne Whang passed away at 56 as a result of breast cancer.
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Diahann Carroll
Image Credit: Kate Hutchins/Shutterstock Dynasty actress Diahann Carroll passed away at 84 as a result of cancer.
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Lewis Dauber
Image Credit: Image: NBC Days of our Lives alum Lewis Dauber passed away at 70 as a result of liver cancer.
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Bill Macy
Image Credit: Image: Sean Smith/JPI Edge of Night and Maude alum Bill Macy passed away at the age of 97 on October 17.
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Christopher Banninger
Image Credit: Image: Jill Johnson/JPI Y&R’s Beth Maitland’s ex-husband and General Hospital Sound Tech Christopher Banninger passed away due to a massive heart attack.
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Brian Tarantina
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI One Life to Live alum Brian Tarantina passed away at 60.
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William Wintersole
Image Credit: Aaron Montgomery Young and Restless and General Hospital alum William Wintersole passed away at 88 due to complications from cancer.
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Shelley Morrison
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Will & Grace alum Shelley Morrison has passed away at 83. The actress also appeared on ABC’s General Hospiral as Mrs. Ramirez in 1982.
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Lisa de Cazotte
Image Credit: Aaron Montgomery/JPI Award-winning producer Lisa de Cazotte passed away at 58. She worked on numerous soap operas including All My Children, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, Santa Barbara and held a position at Young and Restless at the time of her death.
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Pamela Payton-Wright Dead
Image Credit: Image: ABC One Life to Live actress Pamela Payton-Wright passed away at 78. She was best known for playing Llanview’s Addie Cramer.
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John Clarke and wife
Image Credit: Image: Aaron Montgomery/JPI Days of our Lives’ John Clarke died on October 16 from pneumonia. Clarke retired from playing Mickey Horton on the NBC soap opera in 2004.
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Martin West
Image Credit: Image: ABC General Hospital alum Martin West passed away at 82. He played the role of Dr. Phil Brewer.
