Michael Zaslow
Actor

Michael Zaslow Net Worth

Michael Zaslow was a beloved actor and writer, born in Inglewood, California on November 1, 1942. He was married twice and had two daughters. He passed away on December 6, 1998 due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). His Broadway credits included Fiddler on the Roof, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Boccaccio, and Onward Victoria, and he appeared in films such as You Light Up My Life, Meteor, and Seven Minutes in Heaven. He was best known for his role as the manipulative businessman Roger Thorpe on the CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light, for which he received four Emmy nominations and a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1994. He was a favorite of both critics and fans.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Writer
Birth Day November 01, 1942
Birth Place  Inglewood, California, United States
Age 78 YEARS OLD
Died On December 6, 1998(1998-12-06) (aged 56)\nNew York City, New York, United States
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Cause of death Motor neuron disease
Spouse(s) Joanne Dorian (1965–1972; divorced) Susan Hufford (1975–1998; his death, 2 children)

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1966

Zaslow guest starred on a number of other television shows and soap operas, including Barnaby Jones and Law & Order. In the episode "The Man Trap," the series' September 8, 1966 premiere of Star Trek, he played Crewman Darnell, the first Starship Enterprise crew member to be killed off. The incident sparked the first diagnosis of the now-famous line: "He's dead, Jim," by Enterprise crew-member Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). He also appeared as Jordan in the episode "I, Mudd". He also costarred in the 1977 feature film You Light Up My Life, and appeared in the 1979 sci-fi movie Meteor.

1970

However, it was for his work as Roger Thorpe on Guiding Light that Zaslow was always best known. One of the show's central villains of the 1970s, his first onscreen "death" was voted the top scene in the show's history when the series celebrated its 50th anniversary. In the late 1980s, he returned to the show and, once again, became a central figure. Zaslow received multiple Daytime Emmy nominations (and one win) for his work in the role, and continually appeared on both critics' and fans' lists of favorite soap opera performers.

1983

Zaslow was born in Inglewood, California. He played Dick Hart on the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow and Dr. Peter Chernak on Love Is a Many Splendored Thing. He also played David Renaldi on ABC's One Life to Live from 1983 to 1986, and in 1998. Zaslow was also a Writer for the NBC soap opera Another World.

1997

In 1997, he began to experience difficulty speaking. When it became noticeable on screen, he was placed on leave at Guiding Light. (There are conflicting stories as to whether Zaslow was then fired; there was for some time a legal action against Guiding Light and sponsor Procter & Gamble, which was eventually settled.) It was some time before Zaslow was finally diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. (It was first thought he had suffered a stroke). Zaslow did not return to Guiding Light, and his role was briefly recast before being written off. (In 2004, Zaslow's character on Guiding Light died off-screen.)

1998

Zaslow was hired at One Life to Live in 1998 to play David Renaldi again, appearing first in May of that year, his condition being written into the storyline. Zaslow made numerous appearances over the next seven months before he was too ill to continue working; his final appearance on One Life to Live was televised December 1, 1998, days before his death. His character was never killed off on the soap opera, which went through a series of Writers over a two-year period, none of whom chose to deal with David's illness and Zaslow's death.

2004

In 2004, Zaslow and Hufford's daughter Helena died. Susan Hufford released a book about Zaslow and his fight with ALS, titled Not That Man Anymore. Zaslow had begun writing the book several years earlier.

2006

In 2006, Zaslow's widow Susan Hufford died from cancer. She is survived by her daughter, Marika Zaslow.

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