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Popular Actor Who Lived In NJ Dies At Age 50

A popular actor who was born and grew up in the region has died.

Alec Musser

Alec Musser

Photo Credit: Instagram/alecmusser

Alec Musser was 50 years old. 

He died Friday night, Jan. 12 at his home in Del Mar, California, north of San Diego.  A cause of death has not been released. His death was announced Saturday, Jan. 13 on Instagram by his fiancée Paige Press.

Musser appeared on the ABC-TV soap opera "All My Children," playing the role of Del Henry after joining the cast in the summer of 2005, following a first-place finish in the reality TV series competition, "I Wanna Be A Soap Star," according to his bio on IMBd.

He also worked as a fitness model who appeared on multiple covers of Men's Health magazine, in GQ, and on an episode of the ABC-TV comedy-drama, "Desperate Housewives."

Musser was born in New York City in 1973, grew up in Connecticut and New Jersey, and attended prep school in Hartford County, Connecticut at the Westminster School in Simsbury, according to wikipedia bio, which noted he moved out to the West Coast after attending the University of San Diego.

It is unclear where exactly in New Jersey he lived.

An avid athlete, he enjoyed skiing and surfing. In his last Instagram post two days before his death, he is shown surfing.

Comedian Adam Sandler is among those mourning the death of Musser, who appeared in Sandler's 2010 movie, "Grown Ups."

Sandler posted on X: "I loved this guy. Cannot believe he is gone. Such a wonderful, funny good man. Thinking of Alec Musser and his family and sending all my love. A true great sweetheart of a person."

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