Alec Musser, best known for his roles as “All My Children” series regular Del Henry and a handsome water park attendee on the comedy “Grown Ups,” died Saturday, according to Instagram posts by his fiancée Paige Press. . He was 50 years old.
“RIP to the love of my life,” Press wrote in an Instagram story posted Saturday that showed “@alecmusser I will never stop loving you. My heart is broken.”
In a separate Instagram Story on Saturday, Press wrote: “Today is the worst day of my life. We were so happy”.
A news release from the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Musser died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound.
After winning the second season of the competition show “I Wanna Be a Soap Star” in 2005, Musser had a regular role on the ABC soap opera “All My Children” from 2005 to 2007. He played a water park stud with a squeaky voice. in the 2010 Adam Sandler comedy “Grown Ups,” in which he was the object of brief affection for characters played by Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Maria Bello.
Musser's last on-screen performance was in a 2011 episode of the ABC comedy-drama series “Desperate Housewives,” alongside Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria.
Sandler took to Instagram on Saturday to pay his respects to Musser following the news of his death.
“I loved this guy. I can't believe he's gone. Such a wonderful and funny good man,” Sandler captioned a still from “Grown Ups” that showed off Musser’s character’s physique. “Thinking of Alec Musser and his family and sending all my love. A truly great girlfriend of a person.”
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