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| Born | April 15, 1950 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| Died | November 28, 2003 (aged 53) |
Terry Lester (April 13, 1950 - November 28, 2003) was born in Indianapolis, Indiana,graduating from high school at Southport High School, and began an acting career while at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Southport High School is a high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana, USA is a private national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2400 students Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States. After years of musical theater, concert performances, numerous primetime TV guest roles, and a season starring in the 1976 children's series Ark II, Lester had his big break when he joined CBS daytime soap The Young and the Restless (Y&R) in 1980. Ark II was a live-action Science fiction series aimed at children that aired on CBS beginning in 1976 as part of its Saturday morning line-up CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26 He created the role of Jack Abbott, a scoundrel who never met a woman (including his own father's wife) he didn't want to take to bed. John "Jack" Abbott Jr is a Fictional character on the Soap opera The Young and the Restless. Lester was so popular that Y&R creator William J. Bell wrote an entire family for him. William Joseph Bell ( March 6, 1927 &ndash April 29, 2005) was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful Soap Y&R was going through a transition period at this time and many fans believe that Lester's star quality helped the show build more viewers and eventually rise to #1 in the daytime soap ratings.
In spite of his massive popularity, by the end of the decade Lester felt his role on the show was steadily declining. In 1989 he not only quit Y&R but took the rare step of going to the daytime press and singling out Bill Bell's young daughter, Lauralee Bell (who played ingenue Christine Blair), for his dwindling storyline. Lauralee Kristen Bell (born December 22 1968) is an American Soap opera actress. He felt the excess airtime given to her came at the expense of him and other actors and was later replaced by one-time All My Children star Peter Bergman, who has played Jack ever since. All My Children ( AMC) is a popular American Soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC Peter Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is a three time Emmy Award -winning American Soap opera Actor. Lester switched to NBC to take over the role of Mason Capwell on Santa Barbara for a year. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Santa Barbara was an American decade long and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in United States on NBC In 1992 he joined As the World Turns to play the charming Royce Keller, who was soon revealed to be suffering from multiple personalities which caused him to kill his own sister. As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS. Dissociative Identity Disorder ( DID) as defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM The role was very complex, causing raves for Lester, but the headwriter behind the story Douglas Marland died suddenly in 1993 and once again Lester began to have diminished screentime. Douglas Marland (born Marland Messner, May 5, 1935 - March 6, 1993) was an American actor on and writer of Soap operas He left the series in 1994.
The remainder of his professional life consisted of a few shots in primetime shows such as Walker, Texas Ranger and Star Trek: Voyager along with various tours in musicals and plays. Walker Texas Ranger is an American Television western / police drama series created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. To the shock of many fans, friends, and family members, Lester died at home of multiple heart attacks in 2003. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Lester kept his personal life under wraps, but a 2003 LA Magazine article on former soap star Thom Bierdz claimed that Lester, along with Michael Corbett and Bierdz, made up a trio of gay actors who worked on Y&R in the 1980s. Thom Bierdz (born March 25, 1962 in Kenosha Wisconsin) is an American actor best known for his role as Phillip Chancellor III on The Michael Corbett (born June 20, 1956 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American actor best known for playing the secretary-turned-murderer David
External links
- Eulogy/tribute from co-stars
- Terry Lester at the Internet Movie Database
- Terry Lester article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
Terry Lester took over the role of Mason Capwell on Santa Barbara in September, 1989, when Lane Davies left the show in July of 1989. Memory Alpha (often abbreviated to MA) is a Wiki that is an encyclopedic reference for topics related to the Star Trek fictional universe A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language.
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