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“The Young and the Restless” star Kristoff St. John, 52, who played Neil Winters on the daytime drama for nearly 30 years, was found dead Sunday in his Los Angeles home, and the cause of death is suspected to be alcohol poisoning, CBS2 and TMZ reported.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office and St. John’s attorney Mark Geragos confirmed the death, CBS2 reported. The body was found at St. John’s home in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Woodland Hills.
St. John won two Daytime Emmys for his role on the CBS soap opera, playing an ambitious executive at a cosmetics company.
He began his career at age 8 with an appearance on the TV show “That’s My Mama.” His prominent childhood roles include the young Alex Haley on “Roots: The Next Generation;” Ahmad Abdul Rahim on the “The Bad News Bears” TV series; and Charlie Jr., the son of Flip Wilson’s character, on the series “Charlie & Co.”
He landed the role of Neil Winters on “The Young and the Restless” in 1991.
St. John was married twice, to boxer Mia St. John from 1991 to 1995, and to Allana Nadal from 2001-07, according to Wikipedia.
He became engaged to Russian-born model Kseniya Olegovna Mikhaleva in August 2018.
He had three children, Julian and Paris Nicole with Mia. St. John, and Lola with Nadal, according to Wikipedia.
Julian St. John died by suicide in November 2014 while undergoing treatment at a mental health facility, and his parents sued that facility, eventually settling the case, TMZ reported.
According to TMZ, St. John threatened to kill himself in 2017, near the anniversary of Julian’s death, and was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold.
