Kristoff St. John, star of the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, passed away in his San Fernando Valley, California home on Sunday at the age of 52.
He starred as Neil Winters on the show since 1991, a role which earned him nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations, and won him 10 NAACP Image Awards.
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In 2014, he and ex-wife Mia St. John sued a mental health facility after losing their son Julian St. John to suicide at the age of 24 while he was receiving treatment. Following Julian’s death, Kristoff and Mia founded the El Saber es Poder (Knowledge is Power) Foundation to battle mental illness.
In 2017, around the three-year anniversary of his son’s passing, Kristoff was placed under psychiatric hold after threatening to commit suicide.
In a now-deleted tweet, Mia reacted to her ex-husband’s death, reports TMZ:
“THAT HOSPITAL KILLED OUR SON @TheArtofJulian THEN MY HUSBAND @kristoffstjohn1. THATS WHAT HAPPENED! THEY KILLED MY FAMILY”
While the cause of death is currently unclear, one source told TMZ that alcohol may have been involved.
His fiancee, model Kseniya Mikhaleva, also mourned her partner’s passing on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtdrBYjH8ab/?utm_source=ig_embed
Sending our love and thoughts to his family and loves ones.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
[Image via Judy Eddy/WENN.]
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