Hunter Tylo, the teenage son of actress Hunter Tylo, who once won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against late TV mogul Aaron Spelling after she was fired for being pregnant, drowned in his mother’s swimming pool.
Michael Tylo Cause of Death
The body of Michael Tylo Jr., 19, was found fully clothed on Wednesday night in the pool behind his mother’s Las Vegas-area house, her manager, Marv Dauer, told Reuters on Thursday.
Dauer said the boy was at the house with his older step-brother, Christopher, and was believed to have suffered a seizure and fallen into the pool after stepping outside the home to use his cell phone.
He said the actress, at her Los Angeles home when she learned of her son’s death, was devastated. He said Michael had no history of substance abuse. The house where the drowning occurred is in the process of being put up for sale, he said.
Who was Michael Tylo?
Tylo was best known for starring as Quinton Chamberlain in Guiding Light for five years, as well as having stints in All My Children, General Hospital and The Young And The Restless.
He made a brief appearance on The Bold And The Beautiful in 2000, which was his final soap opera role.
As well as starring in many soaps, Tylo featured in Zorro for two seasons and TV mini-series Nightwing in 2014.
The actor also worked at the University of Nevada as a film professor.
Tylo was married three times – firstly to Deborah Eckles in 1978 before wedding Hunter Tylo in 1987.
The couple had three children, Michael, Izabella and Katya, before their divorce in 2005.
He also had a stepson, Christopher “Chris” Morehart, from Hunter’s previous marriage.
As a child Katya suffered from a rare eye cancer and had her right eye removed.
His son Michael died at the age of 19 after having a seizure in the family pool and drowning.
Michael had a fourth child with third wife Rachelle Reichert who he married in 2010.
Daughter, Kollette “Koko” Tylo, was born on February 7, 2012.
