Award-winning soap actress dies at age 70
Nancy Fragione has died at the age of 70.
The award-winning actress was best known for her starring role on All My Children, in which she played Tara Martin from 1977 to 1979.
According to an online obituary, Fragione passed away on August 18th in her native Massachusetts, however her cause of death is still unknown.
The actress is remembered for her iconic portrayal of villainess Cecile de Poulignac in Another World from 1981 to 1984, in the role that earned her a Soap Opera Digest award for outstanding villainess in a daytime soap opera.
Fragione was revered by soap opera lovers, with devastated fans taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express their grief over her passing.
"One of the most famous villainesses in soap opera history has passed away," one fan expressed.
"Nancy Fangione was truly a soap icon," another said.
The soap star also had a string of primetime television credits to her name including a guest starring role as Fran Fine's cousin Marsha on The Nanny, Highway To Heaven, Matlock and Buck Rogers.
Nancy met her husband, Christopher Rich, on the set of Another World, as the co-stars married in 1982.
The pair welcomed one daughter, Mariel, together during their marriage but ultimately divorced 14 years later in 1996.
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