American actor, Jay Pickett has died and according to reports, this happened while he was preparing to shoot a scene.
He passed on Thursday, July 29, while on the set of a new film he was working on called “Treasure Valley” in Idaho.
His co-star and co-producer for the film, Jim Heffel, shared the tragic news on Facebook.
He wrote: “Jay died sitting on a horse ready to rope a steer in the movie Treasure Valley in Idaho. The way of a true cowboy.”
Another star from the movie, Travis Mills, took to his own Facebook page to speculate it appeared to be a heart attack of some sort, while also noting everyone around at the time tried hard to keep him alive.
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Jay was best known for his roles on “General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Port Charles”.