TV Star Patrick Muldoon Dies at 57

Patrick Muldoon, an actor best known for his roles on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives and the prime‑time drama Melrose Place, has died, according to published reports. He was 57.

Muldoon’s sister, Shana Muldoon-Zappa, told TMZ that Muldoon died of a heart attack on Sunday morning at his home in Beverly Hills.

Muldoon rose to prominence in the early 1990s playing Austin Reed on NBC’s long‑running daytime drama Days of Our Lives, a role that made him a familiar face to soap opera audiences and helped establish him as a romantic lead on television. He appeared on the series from 1992 to 1995 and also from 2011 to 2012. He gained wider prime‑time exposure for portraying Richard Hart, a recurring character on Fox’s hit series Melrose Place.

Over the course of his career, Muldoon appeared in a range of made‑for‑TV movies and TV series, including Who’s the Boss and Saved By the Bell. He also had roles in big-screen projects, including Starship Troopers and Stigmata.

Muldoon was born on Sept. 27, 1968, in San Pedro, California, and grew up in the Los Angeles area. Before breaking into television, he pursued acting while working in modeling and commercials, gradually securing roles that led to his daytime television breakthrough.

According to Deadline, Muldoon is survived by his partner, Miriam Rothbart; his parents, Deanna and Patrick Muldoon Sr.; his sister and brother-in-law, Shana and Ahmet Zappa; and their children, Halo and Arrow Zappa.​

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