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Most Shocking Soap Star Deaths of All Time
All of the most shocking soap star deaths of all time, from General Hospital’s Robyn Bernard to Young and the Restless’ Billy Miller
The Port Charles star died in January 2024 from anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, a brain injury resulting from lack of blood flow, following resuscitation from cardiopulmonary arrest due to drug intoxication including amphetamines, cocaine, ethanol and fentanyl, according to a statement from Gail’s publicist on behalf of his mom, Mary Painter, and other family members. The cause of his death was listed as positional asphyxia due to acute alcohol intoxication, per a report from the Medical Examiner Office obtained by TMZ in January 2024. Per the report obtained by Radar Online, he was found in his bathtub “with an apparent gunshot wound to the head.” The actor also had alcohol, ethanol and “cocaine, plus its metabolites, diphenhydramine, and amphetamine” in his system.
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