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Veteran soap actor Anthony Addabbo, who starred as Jim Lemay on GL, Tony/Jonny Carerra on B&B, Jeff Peters on Dallas, Jason Craig on Generations, & Dimitri Marick on All My Children, has died at the age of 56 according to soapoperadigest.com .  Several stars spoke out in the wake of his death. Former co-star Beth Chamberlin (Beth, GL) responded to some tweets saying:  "So Tragic. So much life ahead of him. I can't believe it. His poor wife and son. So, so sad. Shocked."  "So sad. I can't believe Anthony is gone. This is just wrong."  On Instagram Tracey Bregman, another former co-star posted a picture of Anthony and said:  "So saddened at the passing of my friend and coworker from @boldandbeautifulcbs #rush #turk Too soon #anthonyaddabbo way too soon"  Kristoff St. John said:  "Anthony Addabo was a wonderful man, friend, artist. I worked with him for 2 years on the NBC Generations. He was truly a professional, with a wi...

ATWT, AMC, and Y&R alum Cady McClain is working on a new docu-series called Seeing is Believing: Women Direct - and she needs your help! The actress has set up an Indigogo campaign to fund the project and with a month left you still have time to grab some great perks in exchange for your donation! Just $5 will get you a photo showing your support. $25 will get you a journal written by Cady and early access to the first episode and $50 will get you a signed photo of Cady dressed as a chicken on AMC in 2011! The donation perks go all the way up to $10,000 so there are plenty of things to choose from. Fair warning though - supplies are limited!  For instance, there are only 5 signed photos of Cady in the chicken suit left, so the sooner you can donate the better! Go to her  Indiegogo   for more information!