AMC STARS PAY TRIBUTE TO RAY MACDONNELL

Original ALL MY CHILDREN cast member Ray MacDonnell (ex-Joe), who passed away on June 10 at the age of 93, is being fondly remembered by his Pine Valley peers.

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Michael E. Knight (Martin, GH), who spent decades playing Joe’s adopted son, Tad, says, “Ray had the most amazing face; he looked like he was chiseled out of granite. He was incredibly knowledgeable, knew all about theater and Shakespeare, and we shared a common love of the East Coast and Massachusetts. As an actor on a soap opera, what you come to rely on are the relationships you have with the other actors and the comfort you have with them. To do that father/son thing with Ray for so long — you just don’t realize how lucky you are until the world changes. I started working with Ray back in the early ’80s and I never called him Dad; I always called him Pop. I knew that whatever I was doing had gotten under my skin w