I just read over at Daytime Royalty that Phil Carey (Asa Buchanan) has passed away!

RIP - sad day

This is really heartbreaking. First Clint and and now Phil. So, so sad. He will not be forgotten.. R.I.P.

RIP.

Two tributes- One from Hillary B Smith, the other from one of my fave blogs Dlisted:

http://www.dlisted.com/node/30595

http://www.hillarybsmith.com/

212.414.5300

On her hotline, Robin Strasser talks about Phil and Clint, she'd gotten emails from Erika Slezak and Patricia Elliot about Phil's passing.

RIP Phil Carey. You will be missed.

My greatest fear was that Phil Carey would get Anna Lee'd, and that they would eventually shuffle him off to Buffalo like Dena Higley had planned for Asa in multiple abortive, extremely perfunctory and insulting exits.

Wow.

R.I.P. Phil.

It's funny. I just saw an old "All In The Family" episode where Archie thinks Meathead's effeminate friend (Tony Geary) is gay. But it turns out to be Archie's old army buddy, played by Phil Carey. I guess Phil played the first gay character on a TV show ever.