The cleansing soap opera world is in mourning.

Esta TerBlanche, who starred on All My Children within the unhurried '90s and early aughts, died July 18, her receive talked about. The actress became as soon as 51.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that my friend and client Esta TerBlanche handed away Thursday of pure causes,” her receive, Lisa Rodrigo, announced on Facebook July 20. An autopsy document is pending.”

She persisted, “I am soundless processing and in shock. Esta became as soon as a decent soul out and in. I became as soon as proud to know her and work on the side of her. More to are available the days forward. Thank you for the messages so far. If I haven’t gotten to you, I will soon. Can even she RIP with the angels that she is.”

The motive within the again of the actress' death became as soon as now not published. TerBlanche died in her home in Los Angeles, essentially based fully on County of Los Angeles Clinical Examiner data bought by E! Recordsdata. A police spokesperson urged E! Recordsdata that authorities replied to the scene July 19, that there were no signs of harmful play and that coroner is investigating the case.

TerBlanche became as soon as born in South Africa and began her performing profession there within the '90s, performing on the bilingual cleansing soap opera Egoli: Situation of Gold and net net hosting the young of us's program Ok-T.V.

In 1997, she made her debut on All My Children as Hungarian princess Gillian Andrassy, performing within the role frequently unless her character's death in 2001. She reprised her role as a ghost on the present's 2011 series finale, reuniting with Cameron Mathison, who played her character's husband, Ryan Lavery.

“After I got right here again, it became as soon as in actual fact emotional for me and Cameron. When we saw every other, we every started bawling,” TerBlanche urged Soap Opera Digest in an interview posted July 13. “Support then, we hadn’t considered every other for years, so it became as soon as the sort of touching moment for us.”

TerBlanche, who left the performing world in 2013, had recently kept in contact with Mathison.

The present General Hospital star, who frequently commented on the actress' social media posts, paid tribute to his unhurried costar following data of her death.

Sharing a pic of the 2 in character at their All My Children marriage ceremony, Mathison wrote, “RIP my sweet princess,” alongside a purple coronary heart emoji.

He moreover recalled how TerBlanche, an avid animal lover, supported him when his dog Purple became as soon as combating most cancers. The actor's pet died ideal December.

“Esta helped me ideal year when Purple became as soon as ill and panicked and I became as soon as struggling,” he wrote, alongside a selfie of himself with the actress. “Undoubtedly some of the sweetest of us ever.”