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Soap actor Jay Pickett has died.

The Port Charles actor passed away on Friday at the age of 60. He was on the set of a movie.

Movie producer Jim Heffel revealed the news via Facebook.

“Yesterday I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person,” Heffel eulogized in the post.

“Jay Pickett decided to ride off into the Heavens. Jay died sitting on a horse ready to rope a steer in the movie Treasure Valley in Idaho."

"The way of a true cowboy. Jay wrote the story and starred in it. He was also co-producer with myself and Vernon Walker. He will be truly missed. Ride like the wind partner.”

Travis Mills, the director of the movie, confirmed Pickett's passing on the official Facebook page for the movie.

“There is no official explanation for the cause of his death but it appears to have been a heart attack,...

Soap actor Jay Pickett of Port Charles fame passed away Friday at the age of 60, according to a Facebook post by film producer Jim Heffel. The official cause of death has not yet been released.

“Yesterday I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person,” Heffel eulogized. “Jay Pickett decided to ride off into the Heavens. Jay died sitting on a horse ready to rope a steer in the movie Treasure Valley in Idaho. The way of a true cowboy. Jay wrote the story and starred in it. He was also co-producer with myself and Vernon Walker.

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