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One Life to Live star Amanda Davies has died at 42. Davies played the teenage version of her real-life mother Erika Slezak‘s character, Victoria 'Viki' Lord, on the popular ABC soap opera. The Daytime Emmy-winning actress, 77, confirmed her daughter's passing on Monday, via her website, sharing the star passed 'very suddenly'. 'It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of Erika's daughter Amanda Elizabeth Davies, who died very suddenly,' the message read. 'The family is heartbroken and would appreciate privacy at this time Davies is survived by her mother, actor father Brian Davies, 85,...

If you tuned in to the soap "One Life to Live" this week, you may have noticed there's been a change of character. One character in particular. Actress Patricia Mauceri says she was fired and abruptly replaced for objecting to a gay storyline because of her religious beliefs. Mauceri played the recurring role of Carlotta Vega on "OLTL" for the last 14 years. But when she objected to how the writers wanted her deeply religious character, a Latina mother, to handle a storyline involving homosexuality, she objected. And for that she claims she was fired. Mauceri, 59, a devout Christian,...