Groundbreaking All My Children Alum (*48*) Carlson Dead At 48

(*48*) Carlson, the cleaning soap star recognized for his groundbreaking half in All My Children, has handed away.

Actress Susan Hart broke the information on Facebook that (*48*) died on July 6. He was solely 48. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed his loss of life in a press release to People on Sunday, noting the trigger and method of loss of life was nonetheless pending. Discussing the loss, Susan mourned:

“For those of you that don’t know, I’m very sorry to share the news that Jeffrey passed away yesterday. I have been respectful of his family’s privacy in not sharing the news sooner… also could not breathe or function… still can’t… love to all… just devastated.”

So, so unhappy.

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Jeffery is finest recognized for his position on the long-running daytime collection All My Children. He was first launched on the present in August 2006 because the British rock star Zarf. He then returned in a prescient storyline the place his character got here out as a transgender lesbian named Zoe. Per Broadway World on the time, Zoe’s inclusion within the present marked the “first time any daytime drama has chronicled a transgender coming out story.”

In 2007, he informed People the position was meant to “cause a conversation,” and he was already receiving nice suggestions from viewers. He shared on the time:

“Members of the transgender community are talking with the regular posters on the All My Children chat rooms. I got a letter from an 11-year-old girl. It said, ‘It’s cool you’re going to become a girl. Then we will have stuff in common.’”

He added:

“I met several people in the transgender community, and one became someone I can talk to on a regular basis. Talking to her started to enlighten me. She was so open about telling her story.”

You can see a clip from the present (beneath):

Such an impactful position to have performed. (*48*)’s different credit included Will Smith‘s Hitch, Edward Albee‘s The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, the Boy George musical Taboo, and productions of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. He was additionally a Juilliard School graduate.

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Many folks have now taken to social media to pay tribute to the actor, together with Time Out New York theater editor Adam Feldman, who wrote:

“RIP Jeffrey Carlson, 48, exposed-nerve star of Broadway (Billy in The Goat, Marilyn in Taboo) and TV (the groundbreaking trans character Zoe on All My Children). A powerful actor and a painful loss. […] I first saw him in a Lee Blessing play called Thief River when he was still in Juilliard and it was clear he was something special.”

Eden Riegel, who performed Zoe’s love curiosity Bianca Montgomery on the present, additionally expressed:

“Devastated past measure to listen to of the passing of the gorgeous and gifted (*48*) Carlson. I really feel lucky to have referred to as this sort soul a pal and see his good work up shut. Gone far too quickly — an unimaginable loss. Love you, (*48*). Rest pal. “