Wayne Northrop, the actor known for roles in Days of our lives And dynastyhas died. He was 77.

Northrop died Friday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, publicist Cynthia Snyder said The Hollywood Reporter. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease six years ago.

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“He took his last breath in the arms of his family,” Northrop’s wife and soap colleague Lynn Herring Northrop said in a statement. “We would like to thank the most caring and amazing place, the Motion Picture and Television Home, for taking such great care of him. Wayne touched so many people with his sense of humor and wit. Husband of 43 years, the best father ever to his two sons, Hank and Grady, and a rancher who loved his cows and was a friend to many.”

Northrop appeared in more than 1,000 episodes of Days of our livesfirst as Detective Roman Brady and then as Dr. Alex North. To dynastyHe played Michael Culhane, the chauffeur of oil tycoon Blake Carrington. To Port CharlesHe portrayed the manipulative Rex Stanton.

Northrop also appeared in other series such as LA Law, Hotel, you are the jury And Cold case.

Wayne Northrop was born on April 12, 1947 in Sumner, Washington to Robert and Donna Jean Northrop. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in communications before taking an acting course at Seattle Community College and moving to Las Angeles to pursue an acting career.

​He joined the newly formed Los Angeles Actors’ Theater under the direction of Ralph Waite in 1975, which led to his first agent and television role, a small part in an episode of Police story.

He married Lynn in May 1981 and the couple later purchased a working cattle ranch in Raymond, California. Passionate about wildlife and conservation, he ran the ranch with his environmental thoughts in mind. In 2008, he and his wife purchased the oldest home in Raymond, dating back to 1886, and converted it into a museum that is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

His stepmother Janet is among the survivors.

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