‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘Melrose Place’ actor dies at 57

Off camera and behind the scenes, he diligently kept working and creating when so many other ’90s icons slowly faded from the public eye, successfully building up Storyboard Productions, passionately nurturing ambitious film projects like Kockroach, and leaving behind one last, poignant performance in the upcoming feature Dirty Hands. That final, unreleased cinematic role now feels like a haunting message in a bottle left behind by someone who was suddenly pulled away right in the middle of a sentence. His untimely passing on what started as an entirely ordinary morning serves as a brutal, sobering reminder of just how fragile our promises of “later” really are, and how quietly and unexpectedly a life’s dedicated work can suddenly become a permanent legacy.