American actor Wayne Northrop died on Wednesday November 27, 2024 in Los Angeles at the age of 77, following Alzheimer's disease.
Hollywood has just lost another of its great and tireless servants. The actor Wayne Northrop died on Wednesday November 27, 2024, following complications from Alzheimer's disease from which he had suffered for several years. The American actor, native of Sumner (Washington State), died in Los Angeles, at the Motion Picture and Television Woodland Hills Home, a rest and care home dedicated specifically to members of the film and television industry.
Wayne Northrop, actor Dynasty et Days of our lives died
It was actress Lynn Herring, Northrop's wife of more than 40 years, who officially announced the sad news in a press release published on Sunday, December 1, 2024: “Wayne was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 6 years ago. He took his last breath in the arms of his family. We would like to thank this incredible and caring institution that is the Motion Picture and Television Home, which took great care of him Wayner touched so many people throughout his career with his great sense of humor and his spirit (…) He was my husband for 43 years, the best dad to his two boys. , Hank and Grady, a breeder who loved his cows and a friend to so many.”
Death of Wayne Northrop, look back at the career of the actor from Dynasty and Days of our Lives
Very well known and popular in his native country, Wayne Northrop began his television career in the late 1970s in the family comedy Eight is enoughwhose actor Adam Rich died just a few months ago. He made a series of appearances on the small screen before landing the two roles which would open the doors to notoriety for him. From 1981, he became Michael Culhane, the driver of the Carrington family in the series which has become cult Dynasty and, the same year, he joined the soap Days of our livesin which he played the role of Roman Brady until 1994 (he would return to the series years later, with another character: Alex North). The most series fans among you will perhaps have seen him in series as diverse as Hôtel, Los Angeles Law, The Pony Express team or the excellent Cold Case. Wayne Northrop made his last on-screen appearance in 2006 in Days of our lives.
