Kristoff St. John, star of the long-running soap opera ‘Young and the Restless,’ was found dead on Super Bowl Sunday.

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According to TMZ, the popular soap star, who has portrayed Neil Winters on the Young & The Restless since 1991, was found unresponsive by friends yesterday (2/4).

Law enforcement sources tell us one of Kristoff’s friends went to check on him at the actor’s home in San Fernando Valley, and found his body. Police and paramedics were alerted and responded to the house. We’re told Kristoff was pronounced dead on the scene

USA Today reports that police responded to an incident Sunday in the San Fernando Valley area St. John was pronounced dead.

We did respond yesterday at 2:05 p.m. on Morea Way for a possible alcohol overdose and that?s going to be a coroner’s case.

St. John had played the character of Neil Winters since 1991 on the long-running CBS daytime soap opera.

The actor was nominated nine times for Daytime Emmy Awards, and he won 10 NAACP Image Awards.

He also had roles in the 1990s on a variety of sitcoms, including “Martin,” “The Cosby Show,” “Living Single” and “The Jamie Foxx Show.”

Kristoff St. Joh was 52 at the time of his death.

R.I.P.

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