Alan Dysert, 1951 – 2026

Soap actor Alan Dysert, who played engaging cad Sean Cudahy on All My Children all through the 1980s, died on Oct. 23. He was 75. Besides that role, he appeared in such TV shows and movies as Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie, Working It Out, Two Weeks, The Grift, The Senator, and this year’s The Legend of Van Dorn. An Illinois farm boy, Dysert became a stand-up comic and worked in real estate while waiting for his big break; he later went into teaching, and worked as a producer and coach for Nashville singers.