General HospitalandPort Charlesstar Jay Pickett died Friday while working on his upcoming Western dramaTreasure Valleyin Idaho.
“Many of you have already heard about the tragedy that happened two days ago.
Everyone present tried as hard as they could to keep him alive.
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Our hearts are broken and we grieve for his family who are so devastated by this shocking tragedy.”
“Yesterday I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person.
Jay Pickett decided to ride off into the Heavens,” Jim Heffel wrote.
“Jay died sitting on a horse ready to rope a steer in the movieTreasure Valleyin Idaho.
The way of a true cowboy.
Jay wrote the story and starred in it.
He was also coproducer with myself and Vernon Walker.
He will be truly missed.
Ride like the wind partner [sic].”
Mills also praised Pickett and spoke highly of working with him on the movie.
“As so many of us know, Jay was an incredible man.
He was kind, sweet, and generous.
It is difficult to find the words right now to say more.
His closest friends have said that he was very happy makingTreasure Valleyand my hope is that he truly was.
He was doing what he loved: acting, riding horses, making movies.
And he was magnificent.”
Pickett began his soap opera career as Dr. Chip Lakin onDays of Our Livesand later portrayed Det.
David Harper onGeneral Hospitalin the 2000s.
Pickett was born in Spokane, Wash., in 1961 and grew up in Caldwell, Idaho.
Pickett is survived by his wife and their three children.
