Soap Opera Actress

Helen Wagner – Cause of Death, Age of Death, and Other Facts!

Helen Wagner died at age 91, astounding. Check out the death cause, death date, and more facts about the circumstances surrounding soap opera actress Helen Wagner's death.

Biography - A Short Wiki

Actress who began playing Nancy Hughes on the the soap opera As the World Turns in 1956 and kept it until 2010, setting a Guinness record.

She played roles in Oklahoma! and The Bad Seed on Broadway, sometimes supplementing her income as a church choir singer before singing a 13-week contract for As the World Turns.

She began her run on As the World Turns when it was one of only two to run for a half an hour – up from the previous standard of 15 minutes.

How did Helen Wagner die?

Helen Wagner's death was caused by cancer.

Wagner, who portrayed the straitlaced Mrs. Hughes for all of those 54 years, died on Saturday at her home in Mount Kisco, N.Y. She was 91. The cause was cancer, her nephew David Laing said.

Information about the death of Helen Wagner
Cause of deathCancer
Age of death91 years
ProfessionSoap Opera Actress
BirthdaySeptember 3, 1918
Death dateMay 1, 2010
Place of deathMount Kisco, New York, United States
Place of burialN/A