Benjamin Hendrickson (1950-2006)
Television Deaths[]
- As the World Turns (October 2006) [Hal Munson]: During the course of a robbery, he was caught in gunfire and, while heroically saving a fifteen year old kid, was killed instantly (off-screen). (Hendrickson had committed suicide on July 3, 2006. To that tragic end, his character's death was written on the show.) (Hendrickson's final scenes on As the World Turns were broadcast July 12, 2006, nine days after his death. The July 12 episode featured a brief dedication at the end alerting viewers to his death.)