He was to celebrate his 44th birthday this Sunday, September 17… Alas, Billy Miller, the illustrious interpreter of Billy Abbott in the soap opera The Young and the Restlessdied two days before his birthday, his manager told Variety.
Sad news in Hollywood. Actor Billy Miller, who notably played Billy Abbott in The fires of love, died this Friday, September 15. The news was first announced on Sunday September 17 on the Michael Fairman TV blog before being confirmed by his manager at Variety. “The actor was suffering from manic-depressive disorder when he died”, he explained to our American colleagues. However, despite this statement, the causes of his death have not actually been confirmed. Aged 43, Billy Miller was due to celebrate his 44th birthday this Sunday, September 17.
Billy Miller had played Billy Abbott in more than 700 episodes of Flames of love
Born in 1979 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Billy Miller grew up in Austin, Texas. He started his career in 2006 when he was hired by a modeling agency. This is what allowed him to appear in numerous television commercials before becoming a series actor. He made his debut in The Experts: Manhattan, before being hired in the American soap opera The Force of Destiny (All My Children). But French viewers (and the rest of the world) will especially remember him for his role in The Young and the Restless. For more than 700 episodes, between 2008 and 2014, Billy Miller played Billy Abbott. This role in the famous soap opera allowed him to win three Daytime Emmy Awards for his performance.
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After The Fires of Love, he followed it up with another soap opera
After his departure from Flames of love, Billy Miller followed up with another soap, General Hospital (Central Hospital), in which he will play Jason Morgan/Drew Cain until 2019. In the cinema, he notably played in the film Bad Blood by Adam Silver in 2015. He has also appeared in television series like Suits And NCIS: Special Investigations, and was one of the first roles in the series Truth Be Told: the poison of truth, which is still in production. He played Alex Dunn, the husband of Lanie Buhrman, played by Lizzy Caplan.
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