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‘Days of Our Lives’ actor Joseph Campanella dies at age 93

The soap star died of natural causes.

American TV legend Joseph Campanella has passed away at the age of 93. 

Sandy Campanella, the actors daughter-in-law, told Variety that the actor died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed he died of natural causes.

Campanella was best known for his work on Dynasty spinoff The Colbys, in which he played Barbara Stanwyck’s love interest, and for his roles in daytime dramas The Bold and the BeautifulDays of Our Lives and The Guiding Light.

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Joseph received an Emmy nomination in 1968 for outstanding performance by an actor in a supporting role in a drama for his work as Len Wickersham in CBS’s crime drama Mannix.

He was also nominated for a Tony award in 1962 for his performance alongside Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland in A Gift of Time.

The actor is survived by wife Jill Campanella, whom he married in 1964, and his seven sons and eight grandchildren, according to Variety.

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