The Heartbreaking Global Tributes as the Daytime Emmy-Nominated Soap Opera Legend and Broadway Icon Passes Away Peacefully at Eighty-Two

days in the business. She never let fame change her core values of humility, generosity, and respect for others. In interviews, she often spoke about the responsibility that comes with having a platform—using it to lift others rather than elevate herself.

Her final years were spent in peaceful retirement, surrounded by family, gardening, and occasionally continue reading …