‘Basic Hospital’ Actor Tyler Christopher Lifeless at 50

Tyler Christopher, finest identified for his Emmy-nominated position Basic Hospital, has died. He was 50.

Christopher’s former GH costar Maurice Benard confirmed the actor’s demise on Instagram.

“It’s with nice disappointment that we share the information of the passing of Tyler Christopher,” he wrote. “Tyler handed away this morning following a cardiac occasion in his San Diego house.”

Benard continued, “Tyler was a very proficient person that lit up the display in each scene he carried out and relished bringing pleasure to his loyal followers by means of his appearing. Tyler was a candy soul and fantastic buddy to all of those that knew him.”

Benard additionally famous that “Tyler was an advocate for higher psychological well being and substance use therapy who brazenly spoke about his struggles with bipolar despair and alcohol. We’re past devastated by the lack of our pricey buddy and pray for his kids and his father.”

Basic Hospital Government Producer Frank Valentini informed PEOPLE in a press release: “I’m heartbroken over the information of Tyler Christopher’s passing. He was variety, an unimaginable actor, and pricey buddy, who was beloved by our GH household and followers of Nikolas Cassadine.”

Valentini added, “On behalf of everybody at Basic Hospital, our heartfelt sympathies exit to his family members throughout this troublesome time.”

Christopher portrayed Nikolas Cassadine on the legendary medical cleaning soap opera from 1996 to 2016. He additionally performed Stefan DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 2018 to 2019, successful a Daytime Emmy (and the fifth of his 5 profession nominations) for the efficiency. 

In 2008, Christopher married former ESPN reporter Brienne Pedigo and reportedly divorced in 2021. The previous couple share two kids: Greysun James Christopher and Boheme Christopher. He was additionally beforehand married to Determined Housewives alum Eva Longoria from 2002 to 2004.

Again in July, the actor, who was positioned underneath the guardianship of his sister Susan Asmo Baker since 2019, spoke out about regaining management of his life in an interview with Bloomberg.

“I by no means thought in 1,000,000 years that I’d be taken benefit of by a member of the family,” he stated.

Shortly after the article was revealed, Christopher captioned photograph of himself on Instagram, writing, “Sharing is a part of the therapeutic course of.”

Christopher was first positioned underneath his sister’s guardianship throughout a bout of alcohol withdrawal. He fell, hit his head and underwent life-saving surgical procedure after inner bleeding. Whereas Christopher was hospitalized, his sister filed for guardianship. 

In a earlier court docket submitting, Christopher alleged that Asmo Baker used as much as $40,000 of funds that ought to have been for his guardianship to repay her personal bank cards and purchase her son a laptop computer, amongst different issues. Asmo Baker denied the allegations.

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Again in Might, Christopher was arrested on the Hollywood Burbank Airport for public intoxication. He was launched on $250 bail. It wasn’t his first public intoxication arrest, as Christopher was first arrested for the same incident in 2019 when he fell asleep behind an Uber. He pled responsible, and a choose denied a request by legislation enforcement that Christopher be sentenced to an alcohol therapy program.