‘The Young And The Restless’ Pays Tribute To Billy Miller With Special Episode Montage
22.09.2023 - 21:29
/ etcanada.com
“The Young and the Restless” found a special way to honour Billy Miller during Thursday’s episode of the daytime soap opera, following the actor’s death last week.
In a heartwarming memorial montage at the end of the episode, the segment began with the message, “In loving memory,” before several moments from Miller’s time on the show played on screen, concluding with a black-and-white photo of the late actor alongside the text, “1979-2023.”
“To end today’s episode we paid tribute to a greatly missed member of the Y&R family,” the show captioned the montage that was also shared to their social media accounts. “Billy Miller will forever be in our hearts.”
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Miller — who died on September 15, days before what would have been his 44th birthday — starred on “Y&R” as Billy Abbott from 2008 to 2014, a role that earned him three Daytime Emmy awards. Following his exit, the actor — who began his career on “All My Children” in 2007 — went on to star in “General Hospital” as Jason Morgan and Drew Cain until 2019.
Miller then left soaps behind and landed a role in “Suits”, where he portrayed Harvey Spector’s (Gabriel Macht) brother Marcus in five episodes. His other acting credits include “Ray Donovan”, “Truth Be Told” and “The Rookie”.
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Following the shocking news of Miller’s death, many of his co-stars in the daytime TV community paid tribute to the late actor on social media, including Canadian actor Jason Thompson, who plays the current Billy Abbott on “Y&R”.
“Billy was a special actor,” he captioned a Sept. 18 Instagram video. “My