Author: Anika Reed / Source: USA TODAY
“Young and Restless” star Kristoff St. John was found dead at age 52. Police suspect he may have died after an alcohol overdose. USA TODAY
“Young and the Restless” star Kristoff St. John has died at age 52.
His attorney Mark Geragos confirmed the actor’s death, saying in an email: “Sadly we can confirm.
”The LA County Department of the Medical Examiner-Coroner Public Information Officer Sarah Ardalani said that St. John was pronounced dead at a home in Woodland Hills on Sunday.
Ardalani confirmed that an autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
Officer Rosario Cervantes, of the LAPD, said police responded to an incident Sunday in the San Fernando Valley area where a person was pronounced dead. She could not confirm the name of the deceased.
“We did respond yesterday at 2:05 p.m. on Morea Way for a possible alcohol overdose and that’s going to be a coroner’s case,” Cervantes said.
USA TODAY has reached out to the medical examiner’s office for more information.
St. John had played the character of Neil Winters since 1991 on the long-running CBS daytime soap opera.
The actor was nominated nine times for Daytime Emmy Awards, and he won 10 NAACP Image Awards.
He also had roles in the 1990s on a variety of sitcoms, including “Martin,” “The Cosby Show,” “Living Single” and “The Jamie Foxx Show.”
St. John’s son, Julian St. John, died of an apparent suicide in 2014 while in a mental health facility.
On Jan. 21, St. John…
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