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<\/figure>\nWhen Esta talked to Soap Opera Digest a few weeks ago, she hinted that she might go back to acting on daytime TV.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefinitely something I would like to get back into,\u201d Esta told the outlet. She lived in both South Africa and the US.<\/p>\n
She played the troubled Hungarian princess Gillian Andrassy on All My Children until 2001, when her character died.<\/p>\n
After ten years, she played Gillian\u2019s ghost in the last few weeks of the soap opera\u2019s run.<\/p>\n
In April 2011, ABC said they were ending the long-running show that had been on for 41 years.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I got back, Cameron Mathison and I were both very emotional.\u201d \u201cWhen we saw each other, we both started crying,\u201d Esta said about Ryan Lavery, the actor who played her love interest.<\/p>\n \u201cBack then, we hadn\u2019t seen each other for years, so it was such a touching moment for us.\u201d<\/p>\n When Gillian said she wanted to go back to her home country of South Africa, Esta made the decision to kill her on the show.<\/p>\n Years later, though, Esta was ready to go back to soap operas and hoped to do so with Cameron, who was 54 at the time.<\/p>\n Everyone from All My Children paid their respects to the late star on social media after she died.<\/p>\n A picture from the past of her and Cameron on set was posted with the sweet message, \u201cRest in Peace, Esta TerBlanche.\u201d Thank you for putting on such a beautiful and interesting show. Beautiful Princess, we will miss you.<\/p>\n In the comments, fans shared how sad they were about Esta\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \u201cOh no!\u201d This is regrettable news. I am sorry for Esta\u2019s family, friends, and coworkers\u2019 loss. As Gillian Andrassy on All My Children, I remember her. One person wrote, \u201cRest in peace in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe and Cameron Mathison were incredible together, he\u2019s never had chemistry with anyone else like her since,\u201d a friend said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is actually awful. It breaks my heart for her family, friends, and everyone who knew or liked her. Wow, she was so great!\u201d included a third.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, no!\u201d A fourth person cried, \u201cLoved her as Gillian!\u201d<\/p>\n Aside from being the lead in the popular South African drama Egoli: Place of Gold, Esta was also known for winning Miss Teen South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TMZ reported that Esta\u2019s family said she died suddenly in her home in North Hollywood. The doctors who found her body think she had been dead since the day before. Her death is being looked into. When Esta talked to Soap Opera Digest a few weeks ago, she hinted that she might go back to…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tearsoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/4-59.webp\")
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