Anthony Addabbo had recurring roles on “The Bold and the Beautiful,” showing off his versatility on the soap as identical twins Jonny and Tony “Rush” Carrera. In addition to the long running series, he also starred on “Guiding Light,” “Dallas,” “Cheers,” and “The Nanny.” Prior to his acting career, the handsome Florida native worked as a model, according to Soaps. He was famed for his dashing good looks, making him the perfect soap opera leading man.
By the mid 2000s, his career began to falter. According to Soap Opera Digest, this is because he wanted to focus on raising his kids. The proud family man made his final acting appearance in the 2013 TV movie “Company Town” and he was never seen on screen again.
Sadly, Addabbo died in 2016, aged just 56. “Today we lost a damn good man, a father, and great actor … I’ll never forget how excited you were to land B&B,” his co-star on the soap, Windsor Harmon, poignantly said, per The Wrap. “By the way you still owe me that lobster dinner. I’ll collect next time I see ya.” According to Radar, he left behind a teenage son at the time of his death. An obituary in Soap Opera Digest notes that Addabbo was much loved by his co-stars, with Kristoff St. John (who, incidentally, would also die young just three years later) praising his professionalism and outlandish sense of humor. Gone too soon, Addabbo’s cause of death remains unknown.
