Southern-bred soap vet Perry Stephens — who starred on ABC’s Loving as preppie Jack Forbes from 1983 to 1989 — died Sept. 8 of undisclosed causes at Hemet Valley Medical Center in Hemet, Calif. He was 47 years old. Following his Loving stint, he briefly returned to daytime in 1993 as Forrester Creations attorney Steve Crown, who posed as Brooke’s masseur to finesse her into signing a contract. Later on, Stephens played JFK to Mira Sorvino's Marilyn Monroe in the TV movie Norma Jean & Marilyn and was a shady studio flack on the AMC original series The Lot.
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