The daughter of Paul and Sheila Avery has confirmed that the couple died in a fire at their home on Tuesday.
Paul is best known as an actor who starred for 12 years on the iconic ABC soap opera All my children. Sore Soap digestionhe played the bartender Hughie at the dive bar Foxy’s. He also appeared Sixty Company, Soap, Tales from the Darkside and Superman from 1978.
NBC Newsciting New Jersey State Police, reported that the Averys’ home was in flames by 12:30 a.m. Tuesday when first responders arrived. The news outlet reports that “the pair were found unresponsive and later succumbed to their injuries.”
The couple’s daughter, Kyle, confirmed their deaths in a Tuesday Facebook post.
“I am devastated to share that our parents, Paul and Sheila Garry Avery, passed away early this morning,” she wrote. “We loved them so much and they loved us so much, and no one should ever wonder if that was the case. We are grateful to the Blairstown Fire Department for their efforts. Service plans to follow.”
The fire is under investigation as of press time; authorities have not disclosed an apparent cause as of press time.
