Actor Randolph Mantooth, best known for portraying firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on Emergency!, has died at 80.
Mantooth passed away on Thursday in a Ventura hospice and was surrounded by friends and family, the actor’s brother, Donald Mantooth, told TMZ on Friday.
The actor had battled with a number of cancers for several years, including throat cancer.
Mantooth ‘kept getting thinner and thinner’ before succumbing to the illness, his brother told The Hollywood Reporter.
Aside from his role on Emergency!, Mantooth also starred as Clay Alden/Alex Masters on the ABC soap opera Loving, and appeared on other daytime shows including ABC’s General Hospital, ABC’s One Life to Live and CBS’ As the World Turns.
Actor Randolph Mantooth has died at the age of 80 on Thursday after battling cancer for several years; Pictured 2003
He is best known for portraying firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on Emergency!; Pictured in a still from the show
