{"id":247076,"date":"2026-06-18T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/all-my-children-alum-paul-avery-and-wife-killed-in-house-fire-cause-of-blaze-under-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:22:02","slug":"all-my-children-alum-paul-avery-and-wife-killed-in-house-fire-cause-of-blaze-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/all-my-children-alum-paul-avery-and-wife-killed-in-house-fire-cause-of-blaze-under-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018All My Children\u2019 Alum Paul Avery and Wife Killed in House Fire, Cause of Blaze Under Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Paul Avery<\/strong>, the beloved actor known for his role in All My Children<\/em>, and his wife, Sheila Avery<\/strong>, were killed<\/a> in a devastating house fire this week, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

New Jersey State Police got a call to respond to the couple\u2019s home in Blairstown, New Jersey, just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday, June 16, WFMZ<\/em><\/a> reported. When they arrived on the scene, the home was engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

Firefighters found Paul, 81, and Sheila unconscious and performed CPR, but both died shortly after, according to the Ridge View Echo<\/em>, a newspaper founded by the soap opera star.<\/p>\n

The cause of the fire is reportedly under investigation.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>\u2018All My Children\u2019 Star Alec Musser\u2019s Cause of Death Revealed<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tAll My Children star Alec Musser\u2019s cause of death has been revealed three days following his sudden passing. Musser \u201cdied by suicide after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,\u201d according to a report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office published on Tuesday, January 16. The report also confirmed that he died on Saturday, January [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paul and Sheila\u2019s daughter, Kyle Avery,<\/strong> confirmed their deaths via Facebook on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m devastated to share that our parents, Paul and Sheila Garry Avery, passed away early this morning,\u201d the post read. \u201cWe loved them so much, and they loved us so much, and nobody ever had to wonder if that was so. We\u2019re grateful to the Blairstown Fire Department for their efforts. Service plans to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul began his acting career in the \u201870s. He appeared as a TV cameraman in the 1978 film Superman<\/em> and later starred as Hughie, the bartender at Foxy\u2019s, on All My Children<\/em> in the \u201880s. He remained in the role for 12 years before his exit from the soap opera. Paul also acted in more than 300 commercials, according to Soap Opera Digest<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In addition to his acting career, Paul was a journalist and executive editor of the Ridge View Echo. He was also a veteran and a pilot in his free time, according to WFMZ<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a call saying what happened, and I just couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d Joe Phalon<\/strong>, an employee of the Ridge View Echo<\/em>, told the outlet. \u201cI always like to call Paul the most interesting man in the world, because he was when you consider everything he\u2019s done in his life. Acting, skydiving, Vietnam veteran, started a newspaper.\u201d<\/p>\n

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