Eileen Herlie, 89, Louis Edmonds's co-star & long-time friend, passes away

[D_Friedlander]

The distinguished stage, film, and TV actress died on October 8.  This is a long and very detailed obituary, and yes, Louis IS mentioned, down towards the end...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3174552/Eileen-Herlie.html

[JWGucciEnvy]

Sad News.  A very important character in AMC history.  I readed about this on soapcentral.com.

[EmeraldRose]

OMG! I love Myrtle Fargate on All My Children! I was just thinking that it's been a while since she was on the show. This is very sad news, indeed. There's going to be a big tornado storyline on AMC this month. I've heard that some major characters are going to "die". Now that Eileen Herlie, the actress, has died, I wouldn't be surprised if Myrtle Fargate, the character, dies, too, as one of the tornado victims. I hope they give her a huge memorial episode; she deserves it. She was a very celebrated stage actress before she was on AMC. I will miss her. May she rest in peace. By the way, most news sources say that she was 90 years old. She sure didn't look her age! 

----- Sally -----

[David]

I knew Louis Edmonds quite well outside of fandom.
This obit suggests that Herlie & Louis were "companions", i.e. a couple.
Not true, they were best buds.

When Louis was dying, dear sweet Eileen was the only AMC cast member who called him & came to see him.
Bless her heart, she was a dear woman who Louis loved.

David

[D_Friedlander]

I would venture to guess than more than a few female acquaintances found Louis attractive, yet managed to remain friends with him once they discovered those particular feelings weren't going to be returned.  He WAS a good-looking fellow whose appeal crossed gender and orientation lines, back in the day. 
Craig Hamrick's "Big Lou" mentions that, initially, the much-married Ruth Warrick was interested in him when he came onboard AMC to play "Phoebe's" lover/husband, but they, too, developed a rewarding friendship.  And judging by the recent, ahem, "revealing" YouTube entry (that was later taken down) he was pleased to give her--- and everyone else present--- a SPECIAL reward.

[JWGucciEnvy]

Didn't AMC do a tornado storyline back in 90's??...They need to do a more respectful way of dealing with her death on the show.