Vanessa Marcil honors ex-fiancé – and former costar – Tyler Christopher after his demise.
Marcil, 55, took to social media on Thursday, November 2, to share a sequence of pictures of himself and Christopher over time. The actress uploaded a number of journal articles, crimson carpet pictures and private pictures by way of her Instagram Story, with one put up captioned, “Tyler Christopher Baker: 1972 – 2023.”
She additionally reposted By Amber Tamblyn Threads put up, the place she honored Christopher and praised him as an actor, writing, “That is crushing information. Tyler Christopher was a beneficiant scene companion who was at all times respectful and great, each on and off display screen. (Tamblyn, 40, performed Emily Quartermaine on the ABC sequence from 1998 to 2000.)
Marcil and Christoper dated within the late Nineteen Nineties after assembly on the set of Normal Hospital the place they portrayed Brenda Barrett and Nikolas Cassadine respectively. They have been briefly engaged earlier than calling it quits in 1999. Whereas Marcil left the present in 1998, Christopher remained in his function till 2016, incomes 4 Daytime Emmy nominations throughout his run.
After her romance with Christopher, Marcil was married to Corey Veldman from 1989 to 1993 earlier than shifting on Beverly Hills, 90210 Co-star Brian Austin Inexperienced. The couple have been collectively for 4 years and welcomed son Kassius Lijah Marcil-Inexperienced in 2002. After their divorce in 2003, Marcil married Carmine Giovinazzo in 2010, however they referred to as it quits three years later.
Christopher, in the meantime, was getting married Eva Longoria in 2002. They have been married for 2 years however separated in 2004. Later he married Brienne Pedigo in 2008 and the duo share two youngsters: Greysun, 14, and Boheme, 8. They divorced in 2021.
Christopher died on Tuesday, October 31, in his San Diego condo on the age of fifty Normal Hospital Co-star Maurice Benard introduced the information and stated he had died after a ‘coronary heart assault’.
“It’s with nice disappointment that we share the information of the passing of Tyler Christopher,” Bernard, 60, wrote by way of an Instagram assertion on the time. “[He] loved bringing pleasure to his loyal followers via his performing. Tyler was a candy soul and an exquisite pal to all who knew him.
Bernard famous Christopher’s advocacy for “higher psychological well being” and “substance use therapy,” saying he “spoke overtly about his struggles with bipolar melancholy and alcohol.” He concluded by writing, “We’re past devastated by the lack of our pricey pal and are praying for his youngsters and his father.”
Normal Hospital EP Frank Valentini additionally expressed his condolences in an announcement to Leisure tonight on Tuesday, saying, “I’m heartbroken by the information of Tyler Christopher’s passing. He was form, an unimaginable actor and an expensive pal, who was beloved by our GH household and Nikolas Cassadine followers. On behalf of everybody at Normal Hospital, our honest condolences exit to his family members at this tough time.”
Moreover his time on GHChristopher performed the function of Stefan DiMera Days of our lives from 2001 to 2019, incomes one other Daytime Emmy nomination for the function. The late actor’s different credit embody enjoying Dan Whitehorse The mendacity recreation and within the main function Moon Crash, Thor: God of Thunder and 2023 Ice storm.