Anthony Herrera
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Anthony Herrera was an American actor.
on the soap opera
As the World Turns
, a role he has played off and on from 1980 to 1984, from 1986 to 1989, in 1996, from 1997 to 1999, in 2001 and 2002–2005. After a three year absence from the show, Herrera reprised the role of Stenbeck in August, 2008.
However, on September 28, 2008 Herrera left once again when Stenbeck fell to what appeared (as of 2009) to have been his final and real death. However, on May 22 of 2009 it was reported that Herrera would return to ATWT in August. Herrera returned to the role of Stenbeck on August 6, 2009 and remained a contract player as of April 2010. Herrera also played Mark Galloway in 1974 and 1975 on the same show. From the fall of 1975 to 1977, he played Jack Curtis, a college professor who cheated on his wife, driving her to obesity, on The Young and the Restless
, and played Dane Hammond on Loving
from 1984–1986 and again in 1990–1991.
, an aggressive and normally lethal type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He relapsed a year later, but by 2004 had been steadily improving, without treatment, when his immune system was renewed as a result of his receiving a bone-marrow transplant from his brother. In 2005, Herrera wrote a book about his experiences, which he titled The Cancer War. According to his official Facebook page and a tweet from former co-star Martha Byrne, he died in Buenos Aires on 21 June 2011.
Career
Among roles in various movies, he is most known—and most hated—for his role as the evil James StenbeckJames Stenbeck
James Stenbeck is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama As the World Turns. He has been portrayed by Anthony Herrera on and off seven times from February 1, 1980 to September 10, 2009...
on the soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
, a role he has played off and on from 1980 to 1984, from 1986 to 1989, in 1996, from 1997 to 1999, in 2001 and 2002–2005. After a three year absence from the show, Herrera reprised the role of Stenbeck in August, 2008.
However, on September 28, 2008 Herrera left once again when Stenbeck fell to what appeared (as of 2009) to have been his final and real death. However, on May 22 of 2009 it was reported that Herrera would return to ATWT in August. Herrera returned to the role of Stenbeck on August 6, 2009 and remained a contract player as of April 2010. Herrera also played Mark Galloway in 1974 and 1975 on the same show. From the fall of 1975 to 1977, he played Jack Curtis, a college professor who cheated on his wife, driving her to obesity, on The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
, and played Dane Hammond on Loving
Loving
-Places:* Loving, New Mexico, a village located in Eddy County, New Mexico.* Loving County, Texas, the least populous county in the U.S.-Things:* Love, a range of human emotions* Loving , a 1945 novel by Henry Green....
from 1984–1986 and again in 1990–1991.
Cancer
Herrera was declared in remission in 1999 from mantle cell lymphomaMantle cell lymphoma
Mantle cell lymphoma is one of the rarest of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas , comprising about 6% of NHL cases. There are only about 15,000 patients presently in the U.S. While it is difficult to treat and seldom considered cured, investigations into better treatments are actively pursued worldwide...
, an aggressive and normally lethal type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He relapsed a year later, but by 2004 had been steadily improving, without treatment, when his immune system was renewed as a result of his receiving a bone-marrow transplant from his brother. In 2005, Herrera wrote a book about his experiences, which he titled The Cancer War. According to his official Facebook page and a tweet from former co-star Martha Byrne, he died in Buenos Aires on 21 June 2011.