“All my Children” star Paul Avery and his wife, Sheila, tragically died in a devastating house fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
According to WFMZ, the actor and his wife were inside their Blairstown, New Jersey home when it went up in flames.

Firefighters got the residence before 1 a.m. on Tuesday and pulled the couple out of the engulfed house.
However, Paul and Sheila were in critical condition and died shortly after, per Ridge View Echo.