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'Passions' star David Bailey drowns in L.A. pool accident


ASSOCIATED PRESS

3:24 a.m. December 1, 2004

LOS ANGELES – Soap opera veteran David Bailey, who recently began playing the ruthless Alistair Crane on NBC's "Passions," drowned in a pool accident, authorities said. He was 71.

Bailey was found in his apartment pool Nov. 25 and was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said Tuesday.

He was spotted submerged about 2:20 p.m. and a neighbor told firefighters he heard a splash about an hour earlier, according to an investigator's report that noted Bailey swam almost daily. An autopsy performed Sunday determined drowning was the cause of death, MacWillie said.

Bailey had been on "Passions" since September, finally giving a face to Alistair Crane, a mysterious character who had only been an unseen voice since the program debuted in 1999.

"David Bailey made an immediate and indelible impression in his role as patriarch of the Crane family on 'Passions,'" NBC Universal Television's Senior Vice President of Daytime, Sheraton Kalouria, said in a statement.

The role will be recast, show spokeswoman Eva Demirjian said.

Bailey also portrayed Russ Matthews on "Another World" for many years between the early 1970s and early '90s. His other daytime roles included Alan Spaulding on "Guiding Light," Ben Forrest on "As The World Turns" and Teddy Malcolm on "Ryan's Hope." He also was on "Where the Heart Is."

During his career he appeared in episodes of many other regular series ranging from "Dennis the Menace" in the 1960s to "Kate & Allie" in the 1980s and more recently "Law & Order" and "Hack."

This year he was in the cast of the Emmy-winning HBO TV movie "Something the Lord Made."

His motion picture work included 1994's "Above the Rim."

Bailey was born in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 27, 1933, and became an actor early on.

He also appeared in numerous stage productions, including "Pal Joey," "Thief River," and "Camping with Henry and Tom."

A founding member of The Black Book Theatre Company, he wrote and directed plays, including "Are You Listening?" and "Your Place or Mine?"

He is survived by his wife, Yvonne Bailey of Philadelphia, and a son, Xander Bailey, of Los Angeles.

Services will be held at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills on Saturday and at the Actor's Church in New York City at a date yet to be scheduled.








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