Showing posts with label Bill Beyers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Beyers. Show all posts

Thursday, December 1, 2011

World AIDS Day Tribute: Bill Beyers (1955-1992) & Leslie Graves (1959-1995) -- 'Capitol'

On World AIDS Day we pay tribute to some of the actors from the soap opera community who lost their lives to the disease.

Bill Beyers was born on Long Island on March 17, 1955. He died of complications due to AIDS on May 29, 1992 in Los Angeles at age 37.

Beyers burst onto the soap scene in 1982 on brand new CBS soap Capitol. He played Wally McCandless, who had an an affinity for gambling. His addiction often got him into trouble: either the physical kind (from grumpy loan sharks) or the emotional kind (from grumpy girlfriends).

Wally's life was further complicated by the attentions of Brenda Clegg (originally played by actress Leslie Graves), who spent three years trying to snare him, only to jilt him for another guy.