All My Youngsters and Santa Barbara veteran John Callahan has died.
He was 66.
Eve La Rue, Callahan’s former AMC co-star and ex-wife broke the information on Instagram.
“Could flights of angels wing you to your relaxation, my pricey good friend,” she shared.
“Your bigger-than-life, gregarious character will go away a gap in our hearts eternally.”
They had been married from 1996-2005, have an 18-year-old daughter named Kaya McKenna.
“Kaya and I are past broken-hearted, so surprised, sorry that my ideas are a multitude,” La Rue continued in her tribute to Callahan, proven in full beneath.
“You gave one of the best most superbly written tributes, and I’m at a whole loss for phrases proper now for you.”
“I hope Heaven has baseball and that your crew at all times wins! The Yankees has simply misplaced their greatest fan.”
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Callahan appeared on All My Youngsters from 1992-2005 as Edmund Grey, however he additionally had large roles on fellow soaps Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives, Normal Hospital, and The Bay.
He additionally performed Eric Savros on Falcon Crest, and had an enormous function within the 2016 miniseries Women of the Lake, reverse fellow daytime-TV vets Martha Madison, Lilly Melgar, Marie Wilson, and Jessica Morris.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who additionally starred on AMC took to Instagram to pay tribute to the actor.
“Get previous the horrible eyebrows on me and you’ll discover the extremely good-looking man, standing beside, me at my highschool commencement,” she mentioned.
“That’s #JohnCallahan or higher know to me as GP (however why I known as him that is still between us and people closest to him).”
“He stepped into a variety of moments in my life as a result of I didn’t have a father to be there,” she continued.
“John’s biggest pleasure in his life, was when he had a daughter of his personal @kaya_callahan. John left us this morning. I promise you GP simply as you had been there for me, I’ll at all times be there for smoosh (Kaya) and @evalarue as nicely.”
“I’ll tape a pic of you to my handheld mirror (that’s for you @kellyripa) That is all an excessive amount of, particularly proper now, however I would like the world to know the way a lot you meant to so many individuals. #RIPJohnCallahan.“
We lengthen our ideas and prayers to the household and associates of John Callahan throughout this troublesome time.
Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.