The soap world is mourning the loss of one of its own with the tragic death of Jay Pickett, who passed away at the age of 60. Soap fans will remember Pickett best as Frank Scanlon on the GENERAL HOSPITAL spinoff PORT CHARLES, a role he played for nearly the entire run of the soap from 1997-2003. Michael Dietz, who played his TV brother, Joe Scanlon on PC, shared his feelings about the loss on his Facebook page.
“Decided?”
Suicide.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 1, 2021 4:53 PM |
I remember him from Port Charles. Very sad. Terrific actor.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 1, 2021 4:53 PM |
You mean "passed AWAY", OP?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 1, 2021 4:57 PM |
[quote] You mean "passed AWAY", OP?
Died. He died.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 1, 2021 4:58 PM |
I hope it wasn’t covid.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 1, 2021 4:58 PM |
I think it was sudden.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 1, 2021 4:58 PM |
'E's bleedin' demised!
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 1, 2021 4:59 PM |
How old white effete of you, r3/4.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 1, 2021 5:01 PM |
Why did he kill himself?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 1, 2021 5:09 PM |
Jay died sitting on a horse ready to rope a steer in the movie Treasure Valley in Idaho.
What a way to go.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 1, 2021 5:12 PM |
I don’t understand. Really on a horse? Or is this a euphemism?
Crawling up on the horse gave him a heart attack?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 1, 2021 5:13 PM |
It sounds like a heart attack, stroke or aneurysm - something sudden. He was sitting on a horse when it happened.
My sympathies to his family and friends.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 1, 2021 5:13 PM |
What did he pass? Last gas for 100 miles?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 1, 2021 5:16 PM |
He was really in the saddle when he died, not just euphemistically in the saddle? That's incredible.
He looked terrific for his age.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 1, 2021 5:16 PM |
[quote] Crawling up on the horse gave him a heart attack?
The sex where the man go up into the horse.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 1, 2021 5:21 PM |
He DIED.
DIED.
DIED.
DIED.
Saying "passed" is like saying you have a "pee pee" between your legs.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 1, 2021 5:43 PM |
This is so sad and tragic
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 1, 2021 6:40 PM |
Passed what?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 1, 2021 6:45 PM |
The Grey Poupon, Rose.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 1, 2021 6:50 PM |
A slow-moving Winnebago, r19.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 1, 2021 6:51 PM |
It's okay to use litotes. But it's passed [bold]away[/bold].
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 1, 2021 6:55 PM |
He's fine, he sends his love!
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 1, 2021 7:04 PM |
Per Deadline's article, it sounds like he really did die while on the horse, and it was likely a heart attack.
“Many of you have already heard about the tragedy that happened two days ago,” he wrote on Sunday. “Jay Pickett, our leading man, writer, producer, and creator of this movie passed away suddenly while we were on location preparing to film a scene. There is no official explanation for the cause of his death but it appears to have been a heart attack. Everyone present tried as hard as they could to keep him alive. Our hearts are broken and we grieve for his family who are so devastated by this shocking tragedy.”
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 1, 2021 8:59 PM |
[quote] He looked terrific for his age.
Maybe he made a Crossroads demon deal, and his 10 years were up.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 1, 2021 9:26 PM |
That's so sad. RIP.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 1, 2021 9:29 PM |
Kidney stones are terrible.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 1, 2021 9:33 PM |
I also died on the horse.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 1, 2021 9:35 PM |
He had a hot ass but he couldn’t live forever.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 1, 2021 9:37 PM |
He looks like he was in great shape. What's with all these heart episodes in young-ish guys who are fit? I think it's after-effects of Covid.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 1, 2021 9:40 PM |
Kidney stones?
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 1, 2021 9:46 PM |
“Actor Jay Pickett has Passed”
For a second, I thought I was suddenly single, ending a long gay marriage.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | August 1, 2021 9:50 PM |
I said Jay has passed away!
He's passed away!
Jay is gone!
Jay's dead!
He's dead!
NO, *DEAD!*
*DEAAAAAAAAAD!*...
He's fine!
He sends his love!
Bye!
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 1, 2021 10:57 PM |
Never heard of him!
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 1, 2021 10:58 PM |
I bet the horse felt relieved though.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 1, 2021 11:04 PM |
Hollywood spits out another Soap Actor..So many of them have committed suicide. This is sad....
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 2, 2021 5:48 AM |
He died with his boots on.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 2, 2021 5:50 AM |
What a way to go
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 2, 2021 6:30 AM |
He would have had a great career in porn. Shame.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | August 2, 2021 3:14 PM |
his adorable (but not the best actor) TV brother Michael Dietz posted about him as did GH mainstay Kin Shriner
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 2, 2021 3:30 PM |
So sad
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 2, 2021 5:13 PM |