Jay Bontatibus (ex-Tony, Y&R et al) passed away on February 12 in Los Angeles surrounded by his family after a lengthy battle with cancer. 

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yr-alum-passes-away-52/

So sad  way too young to go! 

 

RIP!!

Edited February 15, 20178 yr by YRfan23

RIP.

 

I liked what I saw of him on Y&R, GH and DAYS.

I remember him well as Tony Y&R and Andy Capelli on GH. Sad, he was too young.

 

Wow.

That's a shame. I always thought he was underrated as Tony, and got a lot of stick for not being Nick Scotti and for the show having no real idea where to take the character. 

Oh no! This is so sad and only 52, very very sad. May he RIP. May his family and friends be consoled. 

 

I do remember him from Y&R and from what I remember he seemed to be saddled with a character that was winding down in activity, it seemed. In a way, just about all those characters (e.g.Megan) seemed to be on their way down to the backburner soon by then.

Edited February 15, 20178 yr by DramatistDreamer

12 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I do remember him from Y&R and from what I remember he seemed to be saddled with a character that was winding down in activity, it seemed. In a way, just about all those characters (e.g.Megan) seemed to be on their way down to the backburner soon by then.

 

That's exactly the case. He was hired to finish Tony's story (which essentially ended when Nick Scotti exited).

 

JB wasn't a bad actor (just limited). The best thing to happen during his tenure was Sabryn FINALLY coming into her own.

 

It's very weird that two (seemingly) healthy 'young' actors (in that part of Y&R's canvas) have now died.

27 minutes ago, DeeeDee said:

 

That's exactly the case. He was hired to finish Tony's story (which essentially ended when Nick Scotti exited).

 

JB wasn't a bad actor (just limited). The best thing to happen during his tenure was Sabryn FINALLY coming into her own.

 

It's very weird that two (seemingly) healthy 'young' actors (in that part of Y&R's canvas) have now died.

Is the other one the guy who played Tomas?

Yep. Out of all the 'recent' Y&R deaths, theirs were the least expected.

Yeah that one still stuns me more TBH.....especially since it was a sudden heart problem or something?

I remember him from Port Charles