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Robert Kelker-Kelly, the actor best known for playing Bo Brady on “Days of Our Lives,” died from arteriosclerotic heart disease, the St. Charles County medical examiner confirmed to Digital.
The medical examiner ruled his death natural.
Kelker-Kelly, who also worked as a professional pilot, experienced chest and left arm pain shortly before his death at age 62, according to a St. Peters Police Department report obtained by Digital.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly as Bo Brady on set during a wedding scene. (Gary Null / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
His wife, Allison Kelly, told police she picked up her husband from Spirit of St. Louis Airport at approximately 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3. During the drive home, Kelker-Kelly complained of pain in his chest and left arm and asked her to pull over so he could vomit, the report stated.
Kelly asked her husband whether he needed to go to the hospital. He declined, instead asking her to take him home so he could lie down.
After arriving at their Missouri residence, Kelker-Kelly changed his clothes and got into bed. He continued experiencing pain and asked his wife to get him an aspirin, according to the report.
When Kelly returned from the kitchen, she found her husband unresponsive and not breathing.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly has died at 62. (Paul Drinkwater / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
She immediately called 911 and began performing CPR, the report stated.
St. Peters police and the St. Charles County Ambulance District responded to the home shortly after 8 p.m.. Paramedics attempted lifesaving measures, but Kelker-Kelly was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m.
According to the report, Kelly told investigators her husband had no known medical conditions and was not taking prescription medications. She also said he had not had any serious injuries or had surgery during the previous year.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly and Lisa Rinna pose as their characters from “Days of Our Lives.” (Joseph Del Valle / NBCU Photo Bank)
Police told Digital at the time that investigators found no suspicious circumstances at the scene.
“Mr. Kelly had reportedly complained of chest pain shortly before becoming unresponsive, and the circumstances appeared consistent with a medical event,” police said.
The St. Charles County Medical Examiner’s office released Kelker-Kelly without requesting further investigation, according to the report.
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Actor Robert Kelker Kelly attends the 10th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards on February 4, 1994 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Born April 18, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas, Kelker-Kelly built a career playing characters in several of daytime television’s best-known soap operas.
He began his soap opera career as Sam Fowler on “Another World” in 1987 before joining “Days of Our Lives” in 1992.
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Kelker-Kelly took over the role of Bo Brady from original actor Peter Reckell, replacing an actor who had helped establish the character on the long-running NBC drama.
He remained on the series until 1995 and won the 1994 Soap Opera Digest Award for outstanding lead actor.
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After leaving “Days of Our Lives,” Kelker-Kelly joined the cast of ABC’s “General Hospital,” playing a different kind of character.
He portrayed Stavros Cassadine, a villainous member of the powerful Cassadine family, from 2001 to 2003. He later reprised the role in 2013 and 2014.
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