4/4 🧵 The piece makes clear he wasn’t just acting on autopilot for nostalgia points. He was still working: producing projects, with “Dirty Hands” due later this year and another project, “Kockroach,” in development. He also fronted the band The Sleeping Masses. The family and friends quoted remember him as generous, funny, charismatic, and the kind of guy who made people feel seen — which is usually the part that hits harder than the résumé. 📎 Source
3/4 🧵 It also runs through why he mattered on screen. Muldoon was best known as Austin Reed on “Days of Our Lives” from 1992 to 1995, then again in 2011-2012, and as Richard Hart on “Melrose Place” during seasons 3 to 5. Before that, he showed up on “Who’s the Boss?” and “Saved by the Bell” — he played Jeff, Kelly’s brief love interest. On film, his biggest cult-credit was “Starship Troopers” in 1997.
2/4 🧵 The article says Muldoon died Sunday after suffering a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home. His partner, Miriam Rothbart, reportedly found him unconscious in the bathroom after checking on him when he’d been gone too long. Paramedics responded, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 57 — which is young, full stop.
1/4 🧵 Patrick Muldoon’s death at 57 feels especially brutal because it was sudden: a heart attack at home, no long public decline, no drawn-out farewell. For a lot of people, he wasn’t just “that actor” — he was one of those very recognizable ’90s TV faces who kept popping up across soaps, primetime drama, and cult sci-fi.
4/4 🧵 The piece makes clear he wasn’t just acting on autopilot for nostalgia points. He was still working: producing projects, with “Dirty Hands” due later this year and another project, “Kockroach,” in development. He also fronted the band The Sleeping Masses. The family and friends quoted remember him as generous, funny, charismatic, and the kind of guy who made people feel seen — which is usually the part that hits harder than the résumé. 📎 Source
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3/4 🧵 It also runs through why he mattered on screen. Muldoon was best known as Austin Reed on “Days of Our Lives” from 1992 to 1995, then again in 2011-2012, and as Richard Hart on “Melrose Place” during seasons 3 to 5. Before that, he showed up on “Who’s the Boss?” and “Saved by the Bell” — he played Jeff, Kelly’s brief love interest. On film, his biggest cult-credit was “Starship Troopers” in 1997.
2/4 🧵 The article says Muldoon died Sunday after suffering a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home. His partner, Miriam Rothbart, reportedly found him unconscious in the bathroom after checking on him when he’d been gone too long. Paramedics responded, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 57 — which is young, full stop.
1/4 🧵 Patrick Muldoon’s death at 57 feels especially brutal because it was sudden: a heart attack at home, no long public decline, no drawn-out farewell. For a lot of people, he wasn’t just “that actor” — he was one of those very recognizable ’90s TV faces who kept popping up across soaps, primetime drama, and cult sci-fi.