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Robert Kelker-Kelly, the actor best known for playing Bo Brady on “Days of Our Lives,” has died of arteriosclerotic heart disease, the St. Charles County medical examiner confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The medical examiner ruled his death natural.
Kelker-Kelly, who also worked as a commercial pilot, experienced pain in his chest and left arm shortly before his death at age 62, according to a St. Peters Police Department report obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly as Bo Brady on set during a wedding scene. (Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
His wife, Allison Kelly, told police she picked her husband up from Spirit of St. Louis Airport around 7:30 p.m. on October 3. During the ride home, Kelker-Kelly complained of pain in his chest and left arm and asked him to stop so he could vomit, according to the report.
Kelly asked her husband if he should go to the hospital. He refused, instead asking her to take him home so he could lie down.
After arriving at their Missouri residence, Kelker-Kelly changed clothes and went to bed. He continued to experience pain and asked his wife to get him an aspirin, according to the report.
When Kelly returned from the kitchen, she found her husband unconscious and not breathing.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly has died at age 62. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
She immediately called 911 and began performing CPR, according to the report.
St. Peters police and the St. Charles County Ambulance District responded to the home shortly after 8 p.m. Paramedics attempted life-saving measures, but Kelker-Kelly was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m.
According to the report, Kelly told investigators that her husband had no known health problems and was not taking prescription medications. She also said he had not suffered any serious injuries or undergone surgery in the past year.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly and Lisa Rinna impersonate their “Days of Our Lives” characters. (Joseph Del Valle / NBCU Photo Bank)
Police told Fox News Digital at the time that investigators found no suspicious circumstances at the scene.
“Mr. Kelly reportedly complained of chest pain shortly before losing consciousness, and the circumstances appeared consistent with a medical event,” police said.
The St. Charles County medical examiner’s office released Kelker-Kelly without requesting further investigation, according to the report.
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Actor Robert Kelker Kelly attends the 10th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards on February 4, 1994 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Ron Galella Collection / Ron Galella via Getty Images)
Born April 18, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas, Kelker-Kelly built a career playing characters on several of daytime television’s best-known soap operas.
He began his soap career as Sam Fowler on “Another World” in 1987 before joining “Days of Our Lives” in 1992.
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Kelker-Kelly took over the role of Bo Brady from original actor Peter Reckell, replacing an actor who had helped establish the character on the long-running NBC drama.
He remained on the show until 1995 and won the 1994 Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.
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After leaving “Days of Our Lives,” Kelker-Kelly joined the cast of ABC’s “General Hospital,” playing a different type of character.
He played Stavros Cassadine, a villainous member of the powerful Cassadine family, from 2001 to 2003. He then reprized the role in 2013 and 2014.
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