Tyler Christopher is DEAD TO ME!

Who?

Oh no

What's is a " cardiac event"?

Rightwingers licking their chops.

“Was he vaccinated?”

“CLOT SHOT!”

Did he have a great ass?

[quote] Cardiac event

So he OD'd in a jacuzzi?

They are saying this may be a hoax. When TMZ confirms I will believe it. And he did have a great ass . Bad tattoos but a great ass

We've lost so many Soap Stars this year.

I guess God needed another one.

On Reddit someone said Maurice and his wife had recently taken him "under their wing". I hadn't heard that. I know when TC was on Mo's show he said when he returned to L.A. he slept on a park bench for two weeks before he could get in touch with a friend who came and picked him up and gave him a place to stay. In those two weeks he spoke to both Mo and Kimberly McCullough. I remember thinking why didn't Mo or Kimberly offer him a temporary place to stay or some motel money?? Mo let Chad live with him for months while his house was being built and Chad had a steady income. I have to remind myself that when celebrities say they are "friends" it's a different kind of friend. I don't have soap heyday money but I've given friends who were down and out a place to stay (with time limit).

Fuck TMZ, read it and weep.

TMZ confirmed it.

[quote]The soap star died Tuesday morning in his San Diego apartment, the result of a "cardiac event" ... according to his 'GH' costar Maurice Bernard.

Apartment.... you'd wish you were dead.

He was messy enough in recent years to occasionally merit DL mentions outside of the sprawling soap threads.

The hoars are dying.

He played Joe Morrelli in an unsold Stephanie Plum pilot in 2002.

TMZ is sourcing Mo’s IG announcement. However, that caption sounds nothing like Mo. I wonder if he was hacked.

FV made an announcement on Twitter.

We're still talking about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, goddammit!!!!

[QUOTE] Apartment.... you'd wish you were dead.

Don’t kid yourself. It was probably some huge multi-bedroom luxury apartment with more space than many people’s houses.

He was a mess, r19, and hadn’t worked in a long time. I don’t know about that.

I think he was trying to make money from Cameo, so I think he was really struggling financially. And I think his sister just got guardianship over him, Britney-style.

Who or what is FV?

A real shame. First Billy Miller and now Tyler.

R22 Frank Valentini, the producer he worked for at General Hospital.

Thank you, R23.

[quote] Don’t kid yourself. It was probably some huge multi-bedroom luxury apartment with more space than many people’s houses.

This guy's been in and out of rehab and jail and was homeless. I doubt very much he was living in the lap of luxury. He was probably at a friend's place.

[QUOTE He was a mess, and hadn’t worked in a long time. I don’t know about that.

Well I’m sure he stowed something aw—

[QUOTE] I think he was trying to make money from Cameo

Oh God, nevermind. He was BROKE.

Damn, it hasn't been a good week for Gen Xers struggling with addiction 😫

Oh God the anti vax gang is about to go in Beast mode.

So the headline here is Overweight Has Been Can't Even Afford Usual Hot Tub Demise, AmmI right?

Oh that is shocking. I worked with him when he quit GH and he was such a sweet guy. I had no idea that he was bipolar and had an alcohol addiction, but maybe that happened after I worked with him. Dead is dead, but if there is an afterlife, I hope he’s a peace.

He was a piece.

Of ass that is.

I don't get it The Rolling Stones(ers) abused every drug out there and all but one are going strong.

The GH cast has been really been through it over the past year. Sonya, Jackie, Billy and now Tyler. Wow. We’re coming up on the first year anniversary of Sonya’s death.

I forgot about Billy Miller just dying. Yikes!

R32 apparently there is a mutated gene that Ozzy or Keith Richards has that has enabled them to chemically abuse their bodies and still survive. Perhaps it’s a British mutation.

So did we, R34!

Well, we know where the unemployed Soap Opera Digest writers have arrived.

Who wrote that caption for Maurice?

Are you sure it’s not Suicide? I just have that feeling.

[quote] Mo let Chad live with him for months while his house was being built and Chad had a steady income.

R9 Who is Chad? TIA

I used to be a big Mo fan. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after he got violent with his parents at 20 or so. Was put in an institution for a while.

Chad Brannon. He played Zander.

He was dreamy.

Was he a fag?

Damnit. Wrong Chad. Chad Duell is who R9 was referring to. Chad Duell plays Michael.

I am shocked and I am sorry but we all know what this is. He had plenty of chances. GH took him back more than once. Days created the role of Stefan for him. No soap was going to hire him again. Having success too young really is something some actors cannot handle when the offers dry up.

Aw thank you R44. Mo can be very sweet.

It’s sad that he just could not control his alcohol usage. It’s strange some people choose drinking and lose absolutely everything to the bottle. He had so many chances and he blew his career, marriage and life away from drinking. Sad. RIP. I hope he has finally found peace and love. ❤️

Stefan-O?

We were not fans of his mole.

Who?

Was he a drunk before or after he deserted the screen?

R50, back so soon after your post at R1?

I cannot wait for his Daytime Emmy to get on EBAY....Yes I know there is a "rule" it cannot be sold but I read an article a few years ago that says the Emmys Clause isn't as valid as THEY claim it is---same with the Oscars..

Yes. I still can’t place the face R52.

He was under a conservatorship. They had to carry him off the set of Days of Our Lives due to intoxication. He was subsequently fired.

How can you keep someone from selling their property? Either the award is given to the person or it isn’t and it’s on loan.

[quote]We were not fans of his mole.

That’s a reach, hon.

VIDEO ...Second half....His 2011 exit after the show cut him loose. He seems pretty boozed up here. This was during Luckys "werewolf" phase. He would return in 2013.

“Was it suicide?” People do kill themselves by drinking to death. Who knows.

I thought Maurice Benard was diagnosed as bipolar way into his adulthood, not at 20.

R21, doing Cameo doesn’t mean you’re broke. Actors always look for ways to make money. They make a shit ton at conventions. In this case I’m sure he drank away his money.

He was truly beautiful at one time.

He was married to Eva Longoria.

What was his ethnicity? His last name was Baker and it turned out he had no Native American ancestry.

But did he sell his ass?

Ethnicity: Scottish, Irish, English, German, distant Swedish and Welsh

I would have thought he had some Latin in him.

[quote] I would have thought he had some Latin in him.

Why?

R60 From Wikipedia

Benard was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 22. He has become a spokesperson for treatment of the disorder with Mental Health America.[6] He made the decision to have the General Hospital writers make his character, Sonny Corinthos, also have the disorder. Many of the struggles he faces on the show due to the disorder are ones he faced in his own life. Much praise has been given to the show for the realistic depiction.

I swear he’s mentioned having Native American ancestry in past interviews.

[quote] Oh God the anti vax gang is about to go in Beast mode.

Idiots should know he's been on this tragic path far longer than the vaccines have been around.

ftr - Only Benard is saying cardiac event. Local reports out of San Diego make it clear that no determination has been made. From Fox5 in San Diego:

[quote] While Bernard said that Christopher’s passing was caused by a “cardiac event,” the circumstances surrounding the veteran actor’s death remain unclear at this time. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has not confirmed an exact cause of death.

Maurice Benard is just the worst. Worse than Eric Braeden. MB is just an unwatchable hideous human being. I don't believe for one fucking second he knows ANYthing about what happened to Tyler.

I was a huge Jonathan Jackson fan in my younger days and I loved TC in JJ’s original run. When JJ came back, I saw the show again here or there. TC had gained a ton of weight, looked awful and seemed to be phoning it in most days. Or maybe he was just wasted. There is an amazing clip somewhere of Lucky finding out about Liz and Nikolas - JJ was amazing and TC just looked bloated and tired. It was such a shame because TC had been so good earlier.

On the Days front, I thought TC either had a seizure or they couldn’t wake him up from a stupor. Something that require an ambulance.

He used to make appearances at fan events back when he was in GH , pre bloated and tatted . Wish I would have gone to an event to meet him . He and Santos were looking a lot alike the last few months ( I followed him on IG ). Had gained a bit of weight and his hair was thinning quite a bit . I suspected for years he was wearing a hairpiece in GH and DOOL and the most recent pics confirmed that

Most recent pic

[quote] DOOL

DOOL?

r76, Days of Our Lives.

[quote] Days of Our Lives.

Ah DOOL.

One of his last interviews

Part II

He's really quite good in that clip posted above with the baby.

When did he turn into George Santos?

He's practically a kid.

I think he was so drunk at DAYS they had to call an ambulance. I seem to remember that was what was reported.

He was so full of potential in the beginning...So handsome..

He was so full of potential in the beginning...So handsome..,such cock sucking lips

[quote] When did he turn into George Santos?

The last few months. See R74.

Sad.

Sadder....

Has Constance McCashin commented yet?

WHY couldn't it have been Maurice?-------------------->>The GH Cast.

He was so hot. Maybe he just needed a good man in his life.

(^.^) he needed a good dick in his ass

Susan Dey...we need you now. Please say something.

We saw him in a 99-seat theatre production of BENT in Hollywood, in the early 2000's. He played the main role, Max. He was very good. Very HOT and played that very gay role ... rather convincingly.

r95 = Eva Longoria

pickle ball 🧟‍♂️ ?

He was hot. My father died at 57, I am 54 now, and any time I see someone die in their 50’s it’s usually a past that caught up with them, and 9 times out of 10 could have been averted if not a genetic issue.

For all those 20-30 something DLers, drinking and drugs leave invisible physical damage underneath, even if you get sober for years and seem fine outwardly. His weight gain was likely because his kidneys and liver were working overtime.

AA, SMART, alcoholic, addict- whatever remedy you seek or that moment you are jolted awake- and suddenly recognize when shit gets real and you have a problem with drinking or drugs, you must cleanly address the underlying EMOTIONAL damage- and reevaluate the way you react to untoward events in your life, (or even how you celebrate it) if you want to live past your 50’s.

RIP.

I am sorry to hear about his passing. We propositioned me for sex, but I was too hung up on David Cassidy to say yes. RIP, Christopher.

R99 oops HE, not We

R58 Jonathan Jackson is so fucking hot. I loved him on the Nashville series. Although, I hear he is quite pompous. I remember being a GH freak and never missed an episode. I heard a rumor that Jonathan was supposed to get together with Amber Tamblyn’s character but refused. He found her repulsive and ugly. Anyone else remember this gossip?

R98 A recent example of the ongoing physical damage of drinking that can lead to death is (former AMC) actor, Jeffrey Carlson. He was only 48.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's report came back on him a few weeks ago, and cause of death was listed as "Natural Causes." (Some had speculated suicide, but there was were no drugs in his system, or anything pointing to him doing anything.)

The report said his cause of death was "Alcoholic Ketoacidosis" due to "Chronic Ethanolism" (Alcoholism). So basically his body just wore out and his metabolism stopped functioning properly. One gets so sick, that it becomes irreversible. That's why it's "natural causes." (btw - Tachycardia can also happen with that.)

He had a hot ass #1:

He had a hot ass #2:

He had a hot ass #3:

He had a hot ass #4:

R101 Jonathan Jackson has gone full on bible thumper. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes on a speaking tour with Kirk Cameron. He ain't coming back to GH ever now that they killed off Luke.. And he is still making shitty music.

THEORY ------>> Maybe hearing Jonathan Jackson singing drove Tyler over the edge? Jonathan is getting fat and the scarf isn't hiding it.

R107, hasn't Jonathan Jackson been a Christian fundie for many years? He's probably a MAGA supporter.

Re Jonathan Jackson and Christianity... As of September 18, 2020, OrthoChristian.com reports that Jackson had moved to Ireland to help support a new monastery being founded by the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Southern and Western Europe. He explains in the interview, "It’s the main reason I moved, I have been praying for years for an Orthodox monastery to be founded in Ireland."

Whoa... am orthodox Romanian monastery in Ireland? Ireland? That nation spent the latter part of the 29th century getting out from under the Toman Catholic Church's thumb! What town welcomed these guys?

Tyler last posted on Twitter on Sept 27:

R110 He still seems to be in Europe. Doing a sad tour with a few of the Nashville co-stars. I forgot how queeny Sam Palladio is. And of course Sam is a bachelor.

Ugh 😩 precious Tyler Christopher (Baker 😭)! He reminded me of a young Marlon Brando when he first arrived on GH. That was such a riveting storyline -the child of rape 🥺,his adversarial relationship with the Spencer's -his mother, Laura- her husband Luke (who also raped--ahem-'seduced' her 🥴) and his half brother, Lucky. I couldn't take my eyes off him-not only handsome,but talented! I'm still mad 😡 🤬 that the three big networks at the time(ABC, CBS, NBC)decided that the reality of covering the OJ Simpson car chase/trial instead of airing our 'stories'(ifkyk)signaled the death kneel for daytime dramas as we knew it . And how ironic that both Tyler and Billy Miller both won lead actor Emmys practically right after each other and now both are gone? 😭 Rest ,well guys ❤️😭 gone far too soon.

Who?

R102 that is quite informative. Thank you.

R103, R104, R105, R106 - thank you for posting those hot ass photos of Tyler. Damn he had a nice hot tight body. Gone too soon, RIP. DAMN he was a hottie. When he was on GH I thought he was just ok. I found his mouth quite unattractive. But, damn those photos are nice to see. Thank you, again.

R108 that was a terrible rendition. He really was quite dramatic and definitely needs to stick to acting. Put the microphone down!

[quote]What's is a " cardiac event"?

A fundraiser for the Heart Association

Everything is an event these days. Weather reports no longer talk about snow. They talk about "snow events."

So young.

[Quote]I would have thought he had some Latin in him.

I once put my finger up his ass. Does that count?

Thoughtful words from his almost TV son, NAC.

This one really hurts

Jonathan Jackson was incredibly talented (as an actor) and incredibly untalented as a musician. I think he could have had a respectable film career if he wasn’t a fundie who got married at 20.

Thank you to the person upthread who posted those hot photos of him. I couldn't even find good shirtless photos but I remember him being stunningly beautiful when he first arrived on GH.

[quote]Has Constance McCashin commented yet?

It's rude to talk with your mouth full.

Comments from his co-stars.

Did Stephen Martines really didn't need to comment?

[quote] Vanessa Marcil (ex-Brenda, GH): “Ugh another loss, waaayyy too young. RIP Tyler Christopher.”

From link at R125 - I'm surprised Vanessa's comment is so generic. They were engaged and she didn't want to be Vanessa Baker so she talked him into going by Tyler Christopher. Ugh.

R126 "Ugh?" What a lovely response to the death of a former partner.

Vanessa was, is and always will be the Queen of Basic Bitches.

[quote]Vanessa was, is and always will be the Queen of Basic Bitches.

That chick would fuck the janitor for a shot at a walk-on part.

Sad.

The whole reason Tyler started dating Eva Longoria was her resemblance to Vanessa Marcel.

Soon after the engagement to Vanessa ended and she was off the show, Eva played a Brenda lookalike for an episode or two of GH. That's where Tyler and Eva met.

He was previously married to Eva Longoria.

Nice ass, Tyler.

[quote] Nice ass, Tyler.

He had a hot ass, but.....

He had been through hell, as all addicts go through. Add in mental illness and well, you can imagine how much worse that makes an addiction. I don’t remember if this has been posted yet (I read some of this thread yesterday), but this podcast interview he did with Maurice last year lays it all out. Apologies if the interview is upthread.

RIP, Tyler.

This THEM got a clickbait photo, threw in a clickbait headline, and proceeds to have opinions. ugh.

R33 also Mark Goddard who played Derek Barrington in the '80s. The real father of Mike Webber, who's mom was Ginny Blake (Judith Chaplin.)

When I was younger, I may have smiled at the snark in this thread. As you age, stuff like that to me is getting less and less funny.

50 is just too damn young. Yes, I believe personal responsibility is important, but I feel very sad for him that he was unable to get things under control. So talented, so good looking, so liked by the audience... hard to understand

Wherever he is now, I hope he's found peace at long last.

Anthony Geary is next...Wait for it...And Constance Towers is 90.

Never heard of him

He really was a bloated 50

R122 I agree, Jackson could have been a movie star if he didn’t limit himself due to his fundamentalism. He wouldn’t do love scenes and he refused to play storylines he considered immoral. No casting director or publicist wants to deal with that. Too bad because he was always very talented.

FYI = Every time a celebrity dies the Right Wing Nutholes always say the same TWO things in their comments sections.....It was the vaccine. Or the celebrity was about to "EXPOSE" the Hollywood "secrets" and was silenced..Sadly Tyler was no exception.

I met him at the height of his GH days. Real bro mentality. Partying hard. User friends. Not a bad guy but too caught up in milking what was happening instead of maximizing it.

[R141] The shit music career also hurt him. Know your strengths.

He was a Joliet bustdown but couldn’t live forever.

NY Post is saying Tyler had been dead for a quite a while when I friend went to check on him.

Tyler wrote an op-ed for Reader Digest about the importance of in-person visits with therapists.

Or at least he signed his name to something that someone else wrote.

I don't know why people are saying this was sudden or that they were so shocked.

The guy was dying in front of all of us for years.

Sometimes I think there is no saving people.

Sad.

[R148] Agreed. I actually held out hope that he’d hit rock bottom when Days fired him. When he was found in the airport, I knew he didn’t have long to live.

Kimberly McCullough put a really lovely series of videos about him on Instagram.

NLG, who is great at social media when she’s sober, posted a sweet clip of Alexis and Nik.

[quote] his adversarial relationship with the Spencer's

What did the Spencer possess?

I wonder who will get his dog .

oh god - I'm a Nancy Lee Grahn fan from her best GH days. VotN, is it pretty well known she has a problem with alcohol or is it just assumed because of some of her flakier SM posts? Get up, Nancy! I really care!!

This is sad. He really struggled with alcoholism in recent times. I loved him in his 90s days on GH... the "good ol' days"

He had some beauties, too - Vanessa and Eva. Even the sports chick who had his kids. Rest in peace, Tyler. It seems like he really couldn't handle life anymore.

R152 I would guess that the friend who did the initial wellness check and let themselves in with a key may have taken the dog. And the lonesome pooch may have needed some food and water, since reports say that when the friend made the 911 call, the report was that it looked like TC had been dead for awhile.

I feel bad because I sent him a message a couple week ago that he could play George Santos if they made a movie about him . They were looking similar the last year or w

Sizemeat?

I can’t believe I just read a comment that said Jonathan Jackson is hot…

It was r156 that drove Tyler to kill himself!

I feel like he killed himself. “Cardiac event” is such an odd term when someone is found dead for several days and before autopsy. Esp. with his history.

R160 Not at all. I had a co-worker once who no one had heard from for a few days. Someone who had a key to his house went to check on him, and there he was, dead on the kitchen floor. Massive heart attack.

I read he was stiff as a board…never mind.

But was that person a raging alcoholic? I’m not saying Tyler didn’t have a heart attack, I’m just saying announcing it as that the day he’s found dead is curious given that he prob was more likely to die from drugs or alcohol or suicide. He was clearly a heavy duty alcoholic.

R163 As a matter of fact, yes, he was a raging alcoholic. But he didn't kill himself. It was a legit cardiac event.

Yes, this was/is sad but not at all a surprise. Billy Miller was a surprise. Tyler, unfortunately.....when he was passed out and pissing his pants at the airport I think it was a matter of time.

Constance Towers wrote a nice tribute.

R166 MARY!

*sobs*

R164 I don't think he killed himself either, but the San Diego County Medical Examiner has not determined the cause of death.

The actor that played Milo on GH was Tyler's real-life cousin.

[quote] Cardiac event

I never ever get invited! 😡

[quote]oh god - I'm a Nancy Lee Grahn fan from her best GH days. VotN, is it pretty well known she has a problem with alcohol or is it just assumed because of some of her flakier SM posts? Get up, Nancy! I really care!!

You can tell when she's Drunk-Tweeting.

I love her too, but she's a mess.

Nancy's Insta.

Why are there no dick pics of him in his youth, damnit?

You know they’re out there.

DL Investigators, get to work!

For a minute I really expected Windsor Harmon to go this route.

R172 thank you VotN! I love you too :)

I'll keep an eye on her. Smart ballsy lady, flaws and all.

This is what Genie tweeted:

Sweet Tyler….. “this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.”

R174 Winsor, fortunately, has found some work

I’m glad Winsor is being brought back as Thorne. I think he was ousted because of his drinking. He was replaced by Ingo Rademacher about 6 years ago. It’s interesting that Ingo isn’t the one returning. God knows he could use the work. He was fired from GH after being there for decades. He’s an anti-vaxxer who made it an issue.

Ingo isn't going back to GH.

Ingo sued ABC over the Vaxxing issue, essentially burning all bridges to ABC.

Bring back Clayton Norcross...the REAL Thorne.

And Nancy Lee Grahn survives them all. Except Mo, who's the cockroach of daytime.

It's terrible that this happened to him, especially after what he was currently going through; regardless of what he'd "done to himself" throughout his life, still had hope he'd get back on his feet, R.I.P. to an incredibly talented individual.

This now marks seven people associated with GH who've passed on in less than a year (Sonya Eddy: Epiphany Johnson 12/19/22, Annie Wersching: Amelia Joffe 1/29/23, N'Neka Garland: Producer 3/27/23, Jacklyn Zeman: Bobbie Spencer 5/9/23, Craig Sjodin: Photographer 9/15/23, Billy Miller: Jason Morgan/Drew Cain 9/15/23, Tyler Christopher: Nikolas Cassadine/Connor Bishop 10/31/23)

So Halloween was when Tyler was actually found, not his actual date of death, correcting myself at R182

r183 The coroner uses the day the body is found as the day of death, even if it is obvious that the person has been dead for weeks before the body was discovered.

R184 Thanks

Julie Berman, Lulu. Scott she's referring to is Scott Clifton, Dillon Quartermaine.

I really want to know more about what kind of apartment and neighborhood he was living. Why was he living in San Diego?

From the pictures on IG it was a condo building in a decent neighborhood. He wasn't on skid row and he was out and about with his dog at cafes etc. You could tell he was trying to get his life back on track but he was struggling.

I still say Luna is going to be Thornes daughter. How else can they explain the Li hatred of the Forresters?. The show really missed the opportunity of turning Thorne into the biological son of Finn....Sheila and Thorne could have gotten drunk and hooked up offscreen.

R182 also Mark Goddard who played Derek Barrington 1986-87.

[R186] I LOVED Julie Berman as Lulu. Her takedown of skanky Liz (for sleeping with Lucky and Elizabeth) is one of my favorite GH moments ever.

r187, Maybe he was trying to get away from the druggie culture in L.A. San Diego is not cheap to live in.

R187 He was living in a multi-story apartment building It's known as the Verz Cortez Hill. 299 units, built in 1972. One might mistake it for being a 16-story hotel. You can get a lease there for as little as 2-months. It's not exactly cheap, but it's easy to get into, has lots of on-site amenities, and allows dogs. Per his apartment number, he would have been on the first floor of units.

I don't know why he walked away from GH the first time after his initial contract was over. He had a well written part and was so good at it.

Poor guy.

R179 did Ingo win the lawsuit against ABC? He was being such a big baby, IMHO.

He got the outcome he deserved.

R194 Genie Francis encouraged Jonathan Jackson to leave the first time. However, she told Tyler NOT to leave at that time. She said he wasn't ready.

He wanted to break into film after his first leave. That's how I worked with him. I'm guessing after not being successful in that, he turned to alcohol.

R196 Of course, his attorney uses the "A" word (appeal). .. When all is said and done, he should have to pay ABC's legal fees.

R196 Boy is probably scared of needles.

[quote] A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge agreed with ABC in that the actor’s opposition was based on health reasons rather than his religious leanings.

I would hazard a guess that his only religious experience was to try and pray the gay away. Not sure if he was successful, though.

R198, I mean I guess.

He did such amazing work as Nikolas. Soap stars back in the early 2000s were still making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Me? I'd buy a condo. Get a nice car. Bank as much as I could. Do the public appearances. Lucci negotiated a movie of the week or guest spot in her deals with ABC.

I hate that he was unhappy and isn't with us anymore.

[quote] I'm guessing after not being successful in that, he turned to alcohol.

During his State of Mind interview with fellow GH star Maurice Benard, Tyler said he started drinking in his early teens and loved the way it made him feel. So he continued doing so.

By the time he was cast on GH at age 24, he was drinking daily.

I moved to LA and promised my family I wouldn't do drugs but that wasn't really true; sugar, booze and more sugar; horrible eating habits.

I've turned it around or started to the last six months as the curtain has gone up on act 3. I feel tons better. I wish Tyler could have turned it around. He was a good guy and a solid actor.

His 2016 DT Emmy reel was heartbreaking; Dr. O. tells him after Specner got burned: "Spencer must leave Zee General Hozpital immediately!" (To go to a burn center); NIkolas snapped in half and blasted Dr. O.

Great soapy sudsy drama.

New GH thread.

The old one maxed out.

[quote] The show really missed the opportunity of turning Thorne into the biological son of Finn

I assume you meant Finn as the bio son of Thorne.

B&B has always treated Thorne as a second tier character.

The few times they actually gave Thorne a front burner story, Winsor knocked it out of the park. Showed tremendous acting ability; far more than Ronn. But those Thorne front burner storylines were always few and far between.

Thanks, r205.

DEAD!

In 2015 GH did a LIVE show. Twice, once for East Coast and another for West Coast. They had the little kid that played Spencer (Nicholas Bechtel) come out at the end and kill the last few minutes. Tyler and Finola came in at tail end and helped him wrap up the first version. Then Tyler and Billy Miller along with a crew guy came in at end of second version and started horsing around with him. Cute.

In general, it seems the adult actors on GH are good with and to the kids on the show.

MARY!!!

Thanks for posting that, R210. That was fun to see.

R211 Let me tell you how Christopher Tyler's death has affected ME!

Wow! Tyler had a stalker. At least r211 sure sounds like the makings of a stalker.

I find it strange that it was an unnamed “friend” found him.

A fuckbuddy?

R215 Since the person had a key, my first guess would be whoever handled dog-sitting for him when he'd go out of town. And since there's no evidence that any crime was committed, there's no reason to report-release the person's name. Not strange at all.

I prefer to think it was a reliable fuckbuddy, who regularly spent the weekend with him.

Or a regular, built massage boy.

One of Tyler's sisters has written:

[quote] Do not give any money to any GoFundMe for expenses for my brother's funeral! It's a scam😡 The Baker family is taking care of final services.

And the other sister told her Facebook friends:

[quote] The family is planning a Celebration of Life for early 2024 so more to come on that. Start gathering your favorite stories and photos to share of Tyler.

Tyler and Billy seem really gentle even though they're roughhousing with Nicholas Bachtel (sp?)

I lost out on that kind of gentle rough play not having a big brother or a dad.

Both men were so unhappy and I don't think we'll ever fully know why.

He was quite yummy in his youth.

Any new gossip on cause of death? I keep thinking it was suicide.

His family life seems super messy. I guess his sister filed to be his guardian after his airport arrest and obvious relapse but he fought that and said she was just out for money. Now the sisters are trying to get $10K or more on a GoFundMe for his funeral expenses and someone on his IG page is fighting with them.

R222 The sister has posted on FB that the gofundme is a scam that the family has nothing to do with.

If I pissed my pants in public, I’d figure out Id need help.

Unless it’s a kink…I’ve seen videos…

Back in the latter part of the AOL era, I chatted with a guy who claimed to be TC. Sent me all these photos of “him”. I knew he wasn’t really him, but I did keep it going for a while since it was kind of fun to pretend I was having dirty chats with a “famous” guy,

Was he found within a 9” dildo up his ass?

R222 His other sister - who was not the guardian - included this note about his financial situation in one of her messages about his passing:

[quote] Despite the many articles that have been posted about his financial situation involving my sister, there are two sides to this story. Those that are closest to our family know the truth and that's all that matters. We all loved him very much. He will be missed by his family and friends❤️🥺 RIP little brother. Say hello to mom for me🙏

My personal opinion about this would be that it seemed obvious that he needed a guardian in 2019, and the court agreed. And if you've ever been around an addict, and especially one who's also bipolar, then it's quite common for them to both exaggerate as well as try to blame others for things.

According to this video, Tyler who died on 10/31, had a fan event at the beginning of October where he told fans he was six weeks sober at that point. He also said at the event he hadn't seen his kids in eight months and had plans to see them on 10/15. It is unclear if he did get to see his kids on 10/15. It's all so sad.

Also from another source, and I hope it's not true, supposedly his body is still at the morgue while they figure out where to bury him, California or Ohio.

His kids live in Indiana with their mother and stepfather, so seeing them may have had logistical issues (not to mention legal ones based on his behavior).

TC's family is saying they're having to take legal action against this person identified as "April Grant" who is somehow posting on his FB and IG pages making claims about his wishes. The gist is they're saying she's "an angry fan of Tyler’s that became friends with him over the past couple of years that manipulated him while he wasn’t in good health." .. Why does it not surprise me that there could be a totally unhinged soap stan out there? The genre seems to attract them.

Anyway, the family has arranged his funeral in Delaware, Ohio.

R228 OMG, four previous death scares? Honestly, that news is absolutely heartbreaking. Addiction sucks! He had everything and he just could not find happiness outside of alcohol.

R230 that is so sad. What is wrong with people, JFC.

So, oddly a straight male soap star?

Unique.

Happy ❤️ heavenly birthday 🎉🎂😞😍 Tyler 🎈 . He would have been 51 today

For the Winsor Harmon fans above -- here he is in 2002 Playgirl:

I just saw someone reporting that his body still hasn’t been claimed. How can that be?

R235 Don't believe claims being made. There's a wacko out there. See R230.

Windsor has a decent ass.

Now let's see Clayton Norcross and Jeff Trachta's cakes for comparison.

[quote] Windsor has a decent ass.

Twenty-one years ago. Let's see his ass today.

Is he getting butt lifts to go along with his face lifts?

Tyler's friend in San Diego who says she was his only friend there and I guess that means was the one who found him. Confirms he had a fan event in October.

“ Tyler took great pride in decorating the apartment he loved.”

Fag, who looked like he has BDE.

What a loss.

R239 That must be the "April" whom the family is saying was a manipulative fan who got into life. See R230.

I will say, that she really shouldn't be posting on his IG and FB. That kind of proves what the family is saying about her (imo).

r241, then I'm disappointed Michael Fairman didn't better vet her before printing this. What do we know about Michael, is he reliable? Sorry I posted it if that's the case.

R341, as the straights say, I hope he got some..

They also say Don’t fuck crazy.

R242 I think Fairman is pretty reliable, but he may have put that piece together prior to the family getting their message out there.

[quote] Also from another source, and I hope it's not true, supposedly his body is still at the morgue while they figure out where to bury him, California or Ohio.

The family has already stated where he's going to be buried: at the Oaks Grove Cemetery in Delaware, Ohio. .. If his body is still in San Diego, it's probably because arrangements have to be made to transport it to Ohio. It would not be that uncommon for this process to take awhile, since certain procedures have to followed.

*** Also, one of the sisters posted yesterday that, "Tyler will be laid to rest in the next couple of days right next to mom." So things are on track, but I'm guessing, since this is a family thing, they're being non-specific on purpose.

Was he going bald?

He was in the early 2000s but apparently had extensive hair follicles transplanted to his forehead while married to Eva.

R247 Photos photos from his early October 2023 fan event showed the current state of his hair. Click on this one and you can see the top.

R234 you mean, "Windsor!"

Has the coroner's report on Tyler Christopher's cause of death been released yet?

R251 If they're doing clinical toxicology testing that can take awhile. Don't know what the average time in San Diego County is, but in L.A. the wait can be over two months. (e.g. Tom Petty died in October, and his cause of death didn't come in until mid-January.)

Just at the one sister mentioned in R246 that the funeral would be in a couple of days, that appears to have happened (Friday). The other sister posted:

[quote] Today was so hard, but hearing everyone share their memories of my brother brought me comfort. Tyler is home and where he should be... with his family and friends❤️ Thank you to all of you that shared your photos and memories of Ty. It means the world to us.

Tyler’s cause of death has been released.

Tyler Christopher died under sad circumstances -- according to officials, he suffocated to death ... and it appears to have been partially caused by him being drunk.

According to the Medical Examiner Office's report, obtained by TMZ, the "General Hospital" star's official cause of death is being listed as positional asphyxia due to acute alcohol intoxication. There's a contributing condition cited ... coronary artery atherosclerosis.

In layman's terms, Tyler suffocated to death because of how he was positioned when he died -- and the ME here is saying booze played in a part in him ending up that way. The latter description is basically plaque build-up in his arteries. His death was accidental.

We broke the story ... Tyler's friend found him deceased at his San Diego apartment -- this after trying and failing to get a hold of him for a while. His pal discovered his body in his bedroom ... and called 911 shortly thereafter.

Tyler's one-time costar, Maurice Benard, broke the news about his passing ... calling him a "truly talented individual that lit up the screen in every scene he performed and relished bringing joy to his loyal fans through his acting."

He'd been on 'General Hospital' for a very long time, starring in over 1,100 episodes. TC was only 50.

I saw these results coming from a mile away.

in the photo @R254 he looks like a slimmer George Santos

I’m surprised. I thought it would be cardiac related. He talked so much on Maurice Bernard’s podcast about how important his sobriety was. He’s been through hell and back in the past 10 years. I hope he’s at peace now.

R258 If he was bipolar as said, then I think maintaining sobriety can become even more difficult. At least that's been my experience with two people who were both bipolar and substance abusers.