Robert Kelker-Kelly, a daytime television actor familiar to soap opera audiences for his work on multiple long-running series, recently died at 62. Authorities have now reportedly confirmed the General Hospital and Days of Our Lives star’s cause of death.
Report reveals how Robert Kelker-Kelly diedMedical examiners in St. Charles County, Missouri, attribute Robert Kelker-Kelly‘s death to arteriosclerotic heart disease, People has reported. The Office of the Regional Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death natural. Kelker-Kelly passed away on October 3 at his St. Peters, Missouri, residence.
Police records claim that first responders rushed to the actor’s home after a call about an unresponsive man who had stopped breathing. According to authorities, the actor had reported chest pain shortly before losing consciousness. Paramedics performed life-saving measures, but medical personnel pronounced him dead at 9:09 p.m.
His wife, Allison Kelly, provided details to investigators. She had collected her husband from Spirit Airport around 7:30 p.m. During the drive, the actor described pain in his chest and left arm. He asked her to stop the car so he could vomit, then declined her suggestion to seek hospital care and chose to go home instead. The discomfort persisted after they arrived. Kelker-Kelly requested an aspirin, and while his wife fetched it from the kitchen, she came back to find him unresponsive and not breathing. She called 911 and started CPR. Kelly told authorities her husband had no diagnosed medical conditions and took no prescriptions.
Robert Kelker-Kelly built a notable career across daytime dramas. He broke into the genre in 1987 as Sam Fowler on Another World, a part he held for three years. In 1992, he stepped into the role of Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives, succeeding Peter Reckell. He played Bo opposite Kristian Alfonso’s Hope and Lisa Rinna’s Billie until Reckell reclaimed the part in 1995.
He returned to Another World in 1996 as Bobby Reno, a race car driver eventually revealed to be Dr. Shane Roberts, staying through 1998. General Hospital fans knew him as Stavros Cassadine, a role he first played in 2001 and revisited in guest appearances through 2014.
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