Don Stewart

Don Stewart was born to George and Marian Stewart on November 14, 1935.
He spent his youth in Nebraska with his older brother, George, and his
younger brother and sister, Jack and Marilyn. He then moved to New York
and began studying opera. He worked on and off Broadway, and even
understudied for Robert Goulet in Camelot at a young age. He was in the
Air Force as one of the youngest commanders, and then in the Navy and
Naval Reserves. He flew fighter jets off of aircraft carriers, etc. He
started working on television, and also began singing in night clubs.
He has a wonderful and powerful voice. He spent many years as "Michael
Bauer" on "The Guiding Light,' before branching out to do more movies,
stage, commercials, voice-overs, etc. During all this he married Susan
Tremble in 1970-something, and they had two daughters, Heather-Michelle
and Genevra. They lived in Oakland, NJ while Don was filming the
Guiding Light, then moved to Santa Barbara, CA in 1985. Don enjoyed
playing tennis with friends, flying his airplane, working on his
tractor at his house, and riding horses with his daughters. Don and Sue
divorced in 1993 or so. He remained an eligible bachelor for basically
the rest of his life, partly because his children didn't believe anyone
was good enough for him. In 2002, Don was diagnosed with aplastic
anemia. He was doing OK with that, undergoing medical treatment but
still basically healthy, until June 2005. At that point he was
diagnosed with lung cancer, despite having lived a very clean and
healthy life as a non-smoker. He died from the disease only a few months later.