Doug Sheehan, Star of ‘General Hospital’ and ‘Knots Landing,’ Dies at 75
Doug Sheehan, the Emmy-nominated television actor who scored recurring roles across soaps and sitcoms alike, died last month at his home in Big Horn, Wyoming. He was 75.
A local funeral home announced Sheehan’s death on its website last Thursday, saying he “passed away peacefully” with his wife at his side. A cause of death was not shared.
A California native born in 1949, Sheehan scored his first television role with a 1978 episode of Charlie’s Angels. A year later, he was given his first regular role, lawyer Joe Kelly on ABC’s General Hospital. Sheehan would go on to appear in 205 episodes of the beloved soap, earning a supporting actor Daytime Emmy nod in the process.