Ben Jorgensen aka Ben Monk Dead: ‘All My Children’ Star Dies from Suicide at 51, Friend Says

Ben Jorgensen, known for his role as gay teenager Kevin Sheffield on All My Children in the 1990s, has died at the age of 51 from suicide, his friend said in a Facebook post. In his professional career, Jorgensen also went by the name Ben Monk.

Brian Gaskill, who played the role of Bobby Warner on the now-defunct soap, broke the sad news late on October 6. Gaskill wrote in his Facebook post, “My understanding is it was suicide. I have heard he suffered from Bipolar disorder but as I have not spoke to him in years I do not know all the details.” Gaskill paid tribute to Jorgensen’s “courage to play a gay teenager” when “it nowhere near as common to have representation as it is today.” In addition to being part of an award winning storyline, Gaskill wrote, “mostly we just had some good times back then.”

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According to Jorgensen’s IMDb page, he played the role on All My Children between 1995 and 1998. In 1995, Jorgensen appeared in the Leonardi DiCaprio movie The Baskebtall Diaries. In 2020, Jorgensen appeared in the mini-series, A Wilderness of Error, a series dealing with the case of Dr. Jeffrey McDonald, the green beret who was found guilty of murdering his wife and two children in 1970.

Jorgensen’s page says that the actor was born in London, England, in July 1969.

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