General Hospital Alum Jay Pickett Dies While Shooting A Movie

General Hospital alum Jay Pickett acted in the role of Lorenzo Alcazar in 2006. Later. he returned to the show. However, he also appeared in other soaps like Day of Our Lives and Port Charles. He died on July 30 while filming for a movie, Treasure Valley in Idaho.

General Hospital News – Alum Jay Pickett Passed Away Suddenly

in 2006, Jay Pickett acted so well as Lorenzo Alcazar, that he later returned to the soap as Detective David Harper for two years. Fans might recall him acting in Days of Our Lives as Dr. Chip Lakin. Actually, his TV appearances didn’t end there and he featured as Frank Scanlon in Port Charles. In fact, you possibly remember his other appearances as well.

Apart from General Hospital, he made appearances on The Mentalist, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Queen Sugar. Soap Opera Network noted his appearance in a number of western movies. These induced, likes of “Heart of the Gun, Catch the Bullet, and Soda Springs.” When he passed away, he was acting in yet another western, and he died while filming. The news came via Jim Heffel.

GH News – Alum Rode A Horse In His last Scene

Jay Pickett passed away “sitting on a horse ready to rope a steer in the movie Treasure Valley in Idaho. The way of a true cowboy,” Kim Heffel said. Soap Opera News reported that he also noted that Jay “wrote the story and starred in it. He was also a co-producer with myself and Vernon Walker. He will be truly missed. Ride like the wind partner.”

The General Hospital alum married Elena over thirty years ago. Between them, they raised Maegan and Michaela, Plus, they have a son named Tyler. Born in Spokane 60 years ago, Jay was raised in Caldwell Idaho. Later, he attended Boise State Univerity and later studied at UCLA. Married in 1985, his acting career really took off and he made a great success of it. Actually he hardly ever sat out between the various productions and had a very productive time in front of the camera.

General Hospital News  – Beautiful Photo Of Jay Pickett In Instagram

Jay Pickett stood alongside a horse looking magnificent in a photo on Instagram, Posted in September last year, it came with the caption, “Fun photo from the recently completed movie #CatchtheBullet.” Photo by Bazza J Holmes. #laactor #newmovie.” Fans certainly will have a lot of movies to remember the actor by over years to come. In May this year, Jay also posted up a photo of himself on Memorial Day, 2017. He wrote, “Enjoying a beautiful Memorial Day with my family in Park City Utah.”

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