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Robert Kelker-Kelly, the actor best known for playing Bo Brady on “Days of Our Lives,” experienced chest and arm pain shortly before his death at 62, according to a police report detailing his final hours.
The St. Peters Police Department report, obtained by Fox News Digital, stated that Kelker-Kelly’s wife, Allison Kelly, told police she picked up her husband, who also worked as a professional pilot, from Spirit of St. Louis Airport at approximately 7:30pm on Oct. 3.
During the drive home, Kelker-Kelly said he felt pain in his left arm and chest and asked his wife to pull over so he could vomit, according to the report.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly is seen as Bo Brady on the “Days of Our Lives” set during a wedding scene. (Gary Null / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Kelly asked her husband whether he needed to go to the hospital. He declined and instead requested that she take him home so he could lie down.
After arriving at their Missouri residence, Kelker-Kelly changed his clothes and got into bed. He continued experiencing pain and asked his wife to get him an aspirin, according to the report.
When Kelly returned from the kitchen, she found her husband unresponsive and not breathing.
She called 911 and began performing CPR, according to the report.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly has died at 62. (Paul Drinkwater / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
St. Peters police and the St. Charles County Ambulance District responded to the couple’s Missouri home shortly after 8 pm. Paramedics “attempted life-saving measures,” but Kelker-Kelly was pronounced dead at 9:09 pm, according to the report.
Kelly told investigators her husband had no known medical conditions and took no prescription medications. He had not had any serious injuries or had surgery in the previous year, she said.
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Robert Kelker-Kelly and Lisa Rinna pose as their characters from “Days of Our Lives.” (Joseph Del Valle / NBCU Photo Bank)
Police told Fox News Digital that nothing suspicious was found at the scene.
“Mr. Kelly had reportedly complained of chest pain shortly before becoming unresponsive, and the circumstances appeared consistent with a medical event,” police said.
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The St. Charles County medical examiner released Kelker-Kelly “with no further need for investigation,” according to the report, which did not specify an official cause of death.
Robert Kelker-Kelly is seen at the 10th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards on Feb. 4, 1994, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
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Born April 18, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas, Kelker-Kelly built a career across several popular soap operas.
He began playing Sam Fowler on “Another World” in 1987 before taking over the role of Bo Brady on “Days of Our Lives” in 1992, replacing original actor Peter Reckell. He remained on the NBC drama until 1995 and won a 1994 Soap Opera Digest Award for outstanding lead actor.
Kelker-Kelly later played the villainous Stavros Cassadine on “General Hospital” from 2001 to 2003, reprising the role in 2013 and 2014.
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