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J. Eddie Peck Exits The Young and the Restless and Shares Fan Enthusiasm, “Made This Return Deeply Meaningful For Me”
One of the good guys had left the building. On today’s July 3rd episode of The Young and the Restless, Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) succumbed to Legionnaires’ disease, and had one last goodbye with his daughter, Claire (who ran out of the hospital room) and the love of his life, Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), with whom he shared one last kiss before he passed.
This ends the latest run of J. Eddie Peck as Cole Howard, who first appeared on Y&R back in 1993-1999 and then happily returned in 2023 as part of the Aunt Jordan (Colleen Zenk) storyline. It was there that it was revealed that Cole and Victoria’s daughter known as Eve (now Claire, played by Hayley Erin) with whom they thought has died, was actually stolen from them in the hospital after Victoria gave birth. Jordan kidnapped her and raised Claire all of her life, until the truth came to light.
On Thursday, J. Eddie also took to his Instagram to share his heartfelt sentiments as his time at the top-rated soap opera came to its conclusion on-air. Throughout his years away, Peck was always hoping one day he would get to return to the show that he loved working at.
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Peck wrote: “Just a quick shout out as Cole takes his last breath on the show today — and with that, this chapter of my journey on The Young and the Restless comes to a close. I want to thank all of you — my fans, friends, and Y&R family — for welcoming me back with such incredible warmth and support. Your messages, posts and enthusiasm made this return deeply meaningful for me. I’ll do a lil follow up with a video later today or this eve. Much love, ❤️”
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Throughout his daytime career, J. Eddie has also played the roles of Jake Martin on All My Children, Howard “Hawk” Hawkins on Days of our Lives, Tommy McKay on Dallas, and Roger Grimes on Dynasty, among numerous other TV and film roles.
So, are you sad to see J. Eddie Peck written-off The Young and the Restless as Cole Howard? Did you reach for the hankies when he passed away? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
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His death didn’t seem necessary and it was shoddily written but Amelia Heinle can break your heart with no words.
I cried my eyes out I wanted to see the love story continue with Victoria and their daughter not fair
I wanted to see the fruition of the love that Cole and Victoria shared. I cried my eyes out seeing him gasp for breath as he spoke to his daughter, Claire, and asked Victoria to kiss him before he died. Cole was a good and kind guy. I wish that in some way he could reemerge on the Young & The Restless.
I was not sad at all that Cole left. I still believe that he lied about Claire. Do not believe she is Victoria’s daughter. Do not care for her at all. Wish she would leave, also
You know this is not true life right!!!!?? I cried like always when he died and it was so nice seeing him again on the show! We will miss you! BEEN WATCHING SINCE I Was 16 when it first. Been with yall from day 1. What a ride! Love you all!
Hayley Erin but especially Amelia Heinle did a great job today despite the show not giving the actors much to work with in the story. I felt their pain.
Liked Victoria and Cole together again – not sure why they were not given much storyline. Amelia has hardly been on the screen, much like Sharon in the past few years, and then Sharon got a frontline storyline, so hoping that Victoria will now have one too, but what that will be is hard to figure out. She did have a nice interaction with Nate recently, so maybe they are moving in that direction. Amelia is fantastic, and deserves a true love. Just please don’t pair her with new Cane for I still think that Billy Flynn and Courtney Hope would be fantastic, and maybe that would open up Victoria and Billy returning to one another.
I want Claire and Chance get together
I hope Claire doesn’t end up with Holden
ugh!
This is 50 percent of the reason I got hooked in recently after the Jordan storyline resolved. They blow up Claire and Kyle and that will end my short lived viewership.
Kudos to the three actors. They did a great job. I wish this story had been given the respect it deserved and played out over several days since the Dumas story is so ridiculous. Poor Billy Flynn.
I’m pissed. Enough said.
They should kept him around
I wish Cole could have stayed on show with z
Victoria finally found love. Good relationship He’s gone to soon.
I agree 100%!!! I loved Cole & Victoria!!!
It was such a joy to have Cole back. I’m gutted that they killed him off. I wish there was a way to bring him back or to send him to B&B. He and Vic had such perfect chemistry. I’ll be crying about this episode for a long while. it was gut wrenching. Congratulations to the actors. Bad decision, management.
They could bring him back. He was out of town for awhile. Maybe he saw something and needed to be put in Witness Protection. Fake death to make sure his family was safe.
Good idea!!!
Lol, good comeback! You should write for the show!
Your right they should have never killed Cole off that being said it is a soap opera so if they ever want to bring him back they can just say he was in a coma until they could find a cure
BRING COLE BSCK
AGREE 10000%
Writer’s are brainless!!!
Absolutely no reason to kill him off. I loved him & Victoria together. Funny to remember when he slept with Nikki back in the day. Such history.
Ewwwww.. icky
I hate that we have a good character and you had to take him away. It’s really good sometimes to see people play good people on a show. I love the story and that the family had gotten back together. I think you made a big mistake by letting him go. Not sure I’m going to watch it anymore
The writing of the various story lines of Y & R have gotten completely redundant and ridiculous over the last couple of years. I have watched this soap since my early 30’s and I am now 73. I am just about at the point that I am going to stop. 40+ years is enough; besides most of the good actors on this soap (Braeden, Scott, Case etc.) are getting older like myself and are probably reaching the point that they want to or should hang it up. This soap needs to come to a graceful end.
YES I AGREE THEH NEED NEW WRITERS BRING COLE BACK SO.E HOW
He didn’t need to be let go, he was one of the good guys. I thought Nate was going to save him, as it was told in a previous show.
First of all, “What great acting!”. I am so very sorry to see J Eddie leave, after being gone for so long! I really liked your character, Cole.
This scene drew tears from my eyes. It reminded me of when I lost my 26 yo son in 2020. I thought i grieved his death, but this scene drew something out of me that needed to be released. Y and R lost a beautiful, Loving family.
J Eddie I pray nothing but the best for you in all your future endeavors!!!
Bring Cole back, Victoria needs a win. I watched the show when Nicki was pregnant with her. You can kill him off later. Give us 75ers a reason to watch.we still matter.
I was very glad to see Cole come back. I really enjoyed his acting seem very sincere. I hated to see him go, but I understand stories lines must end but he was very professional very sincere. I believe everybody will miss him very much. I know I will. And yes, I use a lot of Kleenex watch them.
Enjoyed Cole’s return but I don’t get why he had to die. Seems like no point.
That was the saddest. I was in tears for sure it was not what I would of wanted me I thought that was a great lil family.
I think it is time Victoria have a little happiness. I would like to have seen that for her with Cole but no you killed him off. If mean old Victor can have a loving rellationship why not Victoria. Disappounted in Cole being written off.
I AGREE
Im so sad he left . I was hoping Bictoria would finally have someone and be happy. Felt bad for Claire loosing her Dad
I always liked J, peck sorry he had to die though now hes gone for good .ill miss him much luck for future
I don’t like the fact that they killed Cole off!!! Claire was just beginning to get to know her father!!!
Why did they kill off Cole
Bcuz he’s a terrible actor and his character was totally unnecessary !!
agree. No chemistry with Victoria either.
Loved Cole and really sad that the writers brought him back and have now let him die!
Poor Victoria never catches a break … EVER!!
And Claire does did deserve to lose her dad after just being reunited with him. Terrible decision by writers of Y and R!!!
Why can’t Victoria ever be happy she so deserved her happiness. Sick of this show writing of the good giys
Bring Cole back. Their are a couple of others you could get rid of. We need a little happiness in this world right now.
Cole passed away? OMG! I feel so bad for Victoria and Claire.
Cole died? Oh, WOW! I feel so bad for Victoria and Claire. I was hoping that Vicky would finally have her happily ever after with Cole; and now he’s gone. And poor Claire! She’d finally gotten to know both her parents in a space of two years; now she’s lost her father.
I’ve always enjoyed seeing J Eddie Peck in the role of Cole on Y & R. I had been doing Cole and Victoria would become a couple again and finally have their happily ever after. Yesterday’s show was a real tear jersey. & the cause for his death touches close to home as my husband has severe lung issues and has had bouts of pneumonia. I wasn’t sure why Cole couldn’t be cured until they stated he had Legionaires Disease and I looked it up. I am thankful for the storyline as it brings to light something we weren’t aware of. The Legionaire bacteria is found in water but isn’t caught by drinking it, only through mists or sprays by breathing it in, which explains why distilled water is recommended for breathing devices such as c-pap or an oxygen bubbler or other breathing devices.
I will miss Cole on Y & R. I am glad they were able to get their daughter back and that she didn’t die at birth after all and that they were able to be a family unit, if only for this brief moment.
J Eddie Peck has always been a great actor and I hope to see him in more movies and other shows in the near future.
I was really hoping for a storyline where Cole and Victoria got married and lived a happy life
Bring Cole back soon We need him marry Victoria
THIS NOT RIGHT AT ALL
Victoria and Cole was good together! Every relationship she has gets blown up! I hate they wrote Cole off by dying! I really liked Cole! Since Cole died, I wish Victoria could end up with a sound relationship. It would be good if she and Billy could end up back together. They had a passionate relationship & they have beautiful kids together too so it would be good if they could end up back together; however, I’m sure if Victor has anything to do with it, they won’t!
I love Victor Newman though! If he ever leaves Young & the Restless for anything other than death, God forbid, I’d probably stop watching Y&R!
I really liked Cole. He was a calm and solid, wise presence to the show. Someone who had depth. He should have stayed on the show.
I’ll never understand why they kill good characters off. Write him out if you want to, although I wanted him to stay, but why make it impossible to bring him back?
They could have kept the Cole character still last on the show, Victoria and Cole could have gotten remarried and live happily ever after together with Claire as their daughter that they got back from Jordan.
They Could have kept the Cole character on the show and let Cole and Victoria remarry and live happily ever after as a family with their daughter Claire that they have got back from Jordan. This would have made more sense to do it this way.
Just so frustrated to see Kyle be so stupid!! If Claire did anything like that he would he furious!! Can’t wait until their off that Train!! Boring …..Rich should know to take a SAT phone!!
Josh Griffith should be ashamed. He put no effort into this storyline because he was too obsessed with France. Awful! That being said, Hayley Erin and especially Amelia crushed it with what little material they had. Amelia Heinle is a superstar.
I quit watching Y&R about a year ago due to time constraints on my end, as well as the recycled, redundant and repeated storylines on on the writers’ end. But I did tune in last week to watch the unveiling of the identity of the Aristotle Dumas story with Billy Flynn playing Cane Ashby. He was good but I see the cycle of regurgitation continued. My God, Phyllis seems even dizzier than before and I don’t know if it’s that is due to the maze or Stafford facing another storyline that promises to get her home only if she follows the circular maze that leaves her exactly where she began. I swear, that maze serves as a metaphor for the circular and lost pattern the Y&R writers have established these last few years. And sorry, yes, I’m going to continue with the negativity, the actor playing Cole on his death bed might as well have been in a skit from The Carol Brunette Show. At least then I would not feel guilty for laughing at his wooden and utterly ridiculously soapy delivery. PS. AH’s poignant and meaningful delivery made up for Roger Korman meets Will Ferrall’s ( Cole) satirical performance. She was brilliant.
ABC has named their ‘Bachelor’ for the upcoming 30th season of the reality series. Sam Hartman, a 27-year-old NFL quarterback who plays playing for the Washington Commanders, will be handing out the roses as he searches for love.
The upcoming season of The Bachelor will premiere in 2027 on Sunday, March 21 at 8 p.m ET. on ABC and streaming the next day on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S.
The announcement was made, and Hartman’s first interview was on the Friday, November 13 edition of Good Morning America, where he shared with cohosts Sam Champion and Rebecca Jarvis: “I’m excited but also very nervous, I have a tough time holding conversation with one girl. 30 is going to be pretty tough.”
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WASHINGTON COMMANDERS QB WRESTLED WITH THE NOTION OF BECOMING THE BACHELOR
Hartman also revealed his initial thoughts on appearing on The Bachelor: “Honestly, at first, I was like ‘no way. The connotation of it − I don’t know.” Ultimately the QB was swayed to take on the reality franchise lead for its upcoming season.
A Charlotte, North Carolina, native, Hartman played for Wake Forest and Notre Dame in the college ranks. It was there he set ACC records, including most career touchdown passes and 300-yard passing games. Sam was also featured in the documentary series QB1: Beyond the Lights. Currently, on the NFL’s Washington Commanders, he serves as a quarterback on their practice squad.
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The pick of Sam Hartman aligns with pro athletes who have appeared on the show in the past including: now ‘Bachelor’ host, NFL quarterback Jesse Palmer, former soccer player Juan Pablo Galavi, ace car driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. and former NFL practice squad player Colton Underwood.
The Bachelor is executive produced by Scott Teti, Jason Ehrlich and Andy Frank serve as executive producers.
You can check out Sam Hartman talking about being cast as the series lead for the upcoming season 30 of The Bachelor with GMA below.
Now let us know, will you be checking out the 2027 season of The Bachelor featuring Sam looking for love? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.
In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.
Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”
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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.
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Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”
She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”
Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”
Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!
Beyond the Gates
‘Beyond the Gates’ Emmy Winner Ambyr Michelle Wants to Compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’: ‘Pick Me’ (Exclusive)
Soap opera fans are always clamoring for when Dancing with the Stars reveals their cast each season, that they would include a familiar face from daytime drama, but it rarely happens, if ever, anymore.
Over the last several years, the series has leaned heavily into casting celebrities with massive TikTok or Instagram followers, which in turn, have helped this season and last have their best ratings numbers in years.
But, how about for next season’s cast of Dancing with the Stars, that it could include newly-awarded Daytime Emmy winner, Ambyr Michelle (Eva Thomas) of Beyond the Gates?
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LOVE OF DANCE TO LOVE OF ACTING
Michael Fairman TV spoke to Michelle about her dance background and if she would love a shot at lifting the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy during Wednesday’s November 11, livestream chat on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Ambyr explained to fans (who joined in on the live chat), how she began her show business career. “I started off as a dancer, first and foremost. Acting wasn’t really something I wanted to go after. I did plays when I was younger, but it was just something we did in school, but I really wanted to be a dancer. I moved out to LA to dance, and I fell out of love with dance, which was so weird.”
This year’s Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series winner, added, “I was like, ‘What is going on?’ I moved all the way out here for dance. I found I was forcing myself to go to dance class, and I just didn’t have the passion for it. I was working at this restaurant at the time, and one of my coworker was like, ‘What about taking an acting class out here?'”
Next, Ambyr took the coworker up on the idea. “So, I took an acting class and I fell in love with it that day,” shared Michelle. “I was like, ‘I want to do this for the rest of my life.’ I thought, I would love to book a role, of course, as a dancer, but I think acting has a little bit more longevity.”
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A SHOT AT THE LEN GOODMAN MIRRORBALL TROPHY
When the talked turned to if Ambyr would consider or be interested in appearing on the ballroom dance competition series, she piped up with, “I would love to do Dancing with the Stars! Pick me!”
As those in the live chat rallied around this idea, it made us think, Ambyr could be the first contestant from Beyond the Gates, and someone representing the soaps. It checks off so many boxes! To which Ambyr replied, “That would be beautiful.”
You can check out the full conversation with Ambyr below.
So, what do you think soap fans? Can we make sure Ambyr’s name gets in front of the producers and casting director for next season’s Dancing with the Stars? Would you like to see her in the competition? If so, who would be your dream pro professional dance partner for her? Let us know in the comment section.
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