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'All My Children' Actor Paul Avery and Wife Sheila Die in House Fire
Authorities said the couple died after flames engulfed their home, and no official cause of the fire was given.
- On Tuesday, June 16, actor Paul Avery and his wife, Sheila Avery, died in a house fire at their Blairstown, New Jersey home after firefighters found them unconscious and performed CPR.
- Avery, 81, gained fame portraying bartender Hughie on the soap opera AMC for 12 years and appeared in the 1978 film Superman and over 300 commercials throughout his acting career.
- Beyond acting, Avery pivoted to journalism as executive editor of the Ridge View Echo and served on the Blairstown Township Committee, volunteering extensively in his community for decades.
- Daughter Kyle Avery confirmed the deaths on Facebook, writing, "We loved them so much, and they loved us so much," while thanking the Blairstown Fire Department for their efforts.
- Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire at the Mohican Road home, as Joe Phalon of the Ridge View Echo noted, "It's going to take a while to get used to not having him here.
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Paul Avery, ‘All My Children’ and ‘Superman’ actor, dies in New Jersey house fire
Paul Avery, an actor who appeared in the soap opera “All My Children” and the 1978 film version of “Superman,” was killed this week alongside his wife in an early morning fire in their New Jersey home
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‘All My Children’ star Paul Avery, wife killed in N.J. house fire
NEW YORK — “All My Children” alum Paul Avery and his wife, Sheila Garry Avery, were killed in a house fire in New Jersey this week. Firefighters were called to the residence in Blairstown in the early
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