The IMDB as well as CNN is reporting the death of Earl Hindman. Hindman was an original cast member of Ryan's Hope, as Lt. Bob Reid. He was on the show about 9 years, during which some of the DS actors appeared.
In "War and Remembrance" for Dan Curtis, he played Lt. Commander Wade McCluskey. Despite many other film appearences, notably "The Taking of the Pelham 1 2 3," and "Three Men and a Baby," he was probably best known in a role in which his face was not seen, as Wilson the neighbor on "Home Improvement."