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In Memoriam
Wings Hauser, the third actor to play Greg Foster on Y&R from 1977-1981 and again briefly in 2010, passed away on March 15 at the age of 77. Michael Easton (ex-Hamilton Finn, GH, et al) shared a poignant message on his Instagram. “Feeling a weight in my heart with the passing of Wings Hauser,” he began. “In 1989, Wings gave me my first break as an actor, casting me in a low budget feature that he directed and starred in called ‘Cold Fire’ (If any of you have seen my work in this movie. I am very sorry). Until then all I had done was theater in New York and it was my first time working in front of a camera. I had no idea what I was doing. I remember being in a casting office with dozens of other actors and Wings passed by me and asked, “Can you act, kid?” I lied and told him I could. Wings also cast Kamar de los Reyes [ex-Antonio Vega, One Life to Live] to play my half-brother in the movie and this is how we met and became lifelong friends. The budget was next to nothing and the whole movie was shot in eleven days. Every night after shooting, Kamar and I would take my motorcycle or the bus (neither of us had a car) to Chinatown where we were staying in one of the producer’s apartments while they were out of town (it was the kind of movie that even the producer didn’t want to be around). We’d scrape together enough money to buy a box of pop tarts and a six pack of beer and we’d sit on the fourth floor fire escape and just talk until the sun came up. It’s a time in my life I’ll always remember and Wings is someone I will never forget. He was a true original. Wings was always kind to me and I learned a great deal about acting and more importantly, about life from him. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family, friends and all his fans. Rest in power, brother.”