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Michael Joel Zaslow (November 1, 1942 – December 6, 1998) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as villain Roger Thorpe on CBS 's Guiding Light, a role he played from 1971 to 1980 and again from 1989 to 1997, earning multiple nominations – and one win – at the Daytime Emmy Awards .
Dec 8, 1998 · The web page reports the death of Michael Zaslow, a soap opera star and a Daytime Emmy winner, in 1998. It also mentions his roles in other media, his activism for ALS, and his family and legacy.
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Michael Zaslow (1942-1998) was an American actor and writer, best known for his role as Roger Thorpe on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. He also appeared in Star Trek, Meteor, and Another World, and won a Daytime Emmy in 1994.
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- Inglewood, California, USA
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Michael Zaslow was born on November 1, 1942 in Inglewood, California and was an actor and writer, best known for his work in daytime dramas, or soap operas. He was married twice, to Joanne Dorian and Susan Hufford, by whom he had two daughters, Helena and Marika.
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- December 6, 1998
Dec 9, 1998 · Michael Zaslow, an Emmy Award-winning actor who played a victim of Lou Gehrig's disease on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' and who struggled with the illness in real life, died on...
Michael Zaslow was a legendary soap star who played Roger Thorpe on Guiding Light and Michael Renaldi on One Life to Live. He died 25 years ago from ALS, but not before winning an Emmy and fighting for his fellow actors.
Dec 9, 1998 · Michael Zaslow, the charming David Renaldi of the daytime soap opera “One Life to Live” and the evil but durable Roger Thorpe of “Guiding Light,” has died. He was 54.
