Southern-bred soap vet Perry Stephens...
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.