Sadly, for all OLTL fans, while playing my tape of yesterday's show back today, I saw that at the end of the show they had a "In Memoriam" mention and pic of a former OLTL great - actor Lee Patterson, who played the role of "Joe Riley" and later of "Tom Dennison" on OLTL many years ago. Joe was one of the original characters on OLTL when it began over 30 something years ago. The character of Joe Riley was Vikie's first husband, and he is the biological father of Viki's children - Kevin and Joey. Viki's second husband, Clint, later adopted Kevin and Joey which is why their last name is Buchanan.
Lee was an accomplished and very successful actor before joing OLTL. Apparently he died sometime back in February of this year, but we are just now learning about it. He will be very much missed.
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http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news ... (Joe_Riley)_Death
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