Eileen Herlie (March 8, 1918 - October 8, 2008)
From 1976 to 2008 she was Myrtle Fargate on the ABC daytime hit soap opera "All My Children."
In addition to AMC she also brought Myrtle to "Loving" in 1993 and "One Life to Live" in 2000. The character of Myrtle started out as a con artist but eventually warmed up to audiences by becoming a loving friend to everyone and by opening a boarding house for Pine Valley's lost souls.
She became a surrogate mother to Susan Lucci's Erica Kane and even managed to bury the hatchett with her long time rival Phoebe Tyler Wallingford (Ruth Warrick).
The 10,000 episode of AMC aired on November 12, 2008 and it was dedicated to her memory. The character of Myrtle Fargate passed away peacefully in her sleep, that was addressed in an episode that aired on December 19, 2008.
In Memoriam Remembers:
Eileen Herlie
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