a stroke). Zaslow did not return to Guiding Light, and his role was briefly recast before being written off. (In 2004, Zaslow's character on Guiding Light died off-screen.) Zaslow was hired at One Life to Live in 1998 to play David Renaldi again, appearing first in May of that year, his condition being written into the storyline. He made numerous appearances over the next seven months before he was too ill to continue working. Zaslow died on December 6, 1998, at his New York City home. He was survived by his wife, psychologist/writer Susan Hufford; and two daughters, Helena and Marika. His final appearance on One Life to Live was televised December 1. His character was never killed off on the soap opera, which went through a series of writers over a two-year period, none of whom chose to deal with Renaldi's illness or Zaslow's death. Legacy Hufford founded ZazAngels, a foundation that seeks to raise funds in order to find a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease. Several of Zaslow's Guiding Light and One Life to Live castmates, along with many Broadway-based theater luminaries, have participated in tributes that were fundraisers for ZazAngels. Hufford released a book about Zaslow and his fight with ALS, titled Not That Man Anymore. Zaslow had begun writing the book several years earlier. Helena Zaslow died on December 28, 2004, in Connecticut at age 19, only days after completing her first semester at Wellesley College. Hufford died from cancer on November 28, 2006. Filmography References External links 1942 births 1998 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American male writers Deaths from motor neuron disease 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male soap opera actors American soap opera writers Daytime Emmy Award winners Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners American male television writers Screenwriters from California Male actors from Inglewood, California Neurological disease deaths in New York (state)