Nick Benedict, the soap opera star best known for “All My Children,” “The Young and the Restless” and “Days of Our Lives,” died July 14 following two weeks of complications from an emergency spine surgery that left him paralyzed from the neck down. He was 77 years old.
An obit for the soap star confirmed that he died on his birthday. A Facebook post from Jake’s Steakhouse, where his wife Ginger works as a bartender, promoted a GoFundMe link from organizer Harmony Nessa on behalf of Ginger to raise money after she took a leave of absence to aid her husband.
“Nick Benedict’s birthday was July 14. He went to be with the Lord this day,” the post read. “Please pray for Ginger.”
According to the week-old post, Benedict had emergency spinal cord surgery July 2, and he was admitted to hospice July 4 with paralysis from the neck down. He died in Arizona 10 days later.
An obit for the soap star confirmed that he died on his birthday. A Facebook post from Jake’s Steakhouse, where his wife Ginger works as a bartender, promoted a GoFundMe link from organizer Harmony Nessa on behalf of Ginger to raise money after she took a leave of absence to aid her husband.
“Nick Benedict’s birthday was July 14. He went to be with the Lord this day,” the post read. “Please pray for Ginger.”
According to the week-old post, Benedict had emergency spinal cord surgery July 2, and he was admitted to hospice July 4 with paralysis from the neck down. He died in Arizona 10 days later.
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