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‘Young and the Restless’ star Kristoff St. John found dead in Woodland Hills home

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“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 Woodland Hills home, and the cause of death is suspected to be alcohol poisoning, CBS2 and TMZ reported.

The LA County coroner’s office and St. John’s attorney Mark Geragos confirmed the death, CBS2 reported.

St. John won two Daytime Emmys for his role on the CBS soap opera.

St. John’s career included childhood roles on “That’s My Mama,” “Happy Days,” “Big John, Little John,” “Roots: The Next Generation,” “The Champ,” and “The Bad News Bears” TV series.

He later appeared in “Charlie & Co.,” “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper,” and many other series before landing 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.

St. John recently spoke to the Daily News for a story about the quality of water in the LA River. He was arrested in 2011 in Studio City on suspicion of DUI.