SOAP STAR DIES A HERO!

Killed in the act of protecting gal from armed thugs

SOAP actor Johnny Wactor died a real-life herosacrificing to himself protect a female co-worker after confronting killer criminals who were trying to swipe his car's catalytic converter! Johnny's grieving brother Grant Wactor, 29, tells The National ENQUIRER the 37-year-old former General Hospital star was mercilessly murdered after leaving the rooftop bar where he worked as a bartender in downtown Los Angeles.

"He was escorting his female co-worker to the parking lot because it was 3 o'clock in the morning and they'd parked a few blocks away," Grant explains. "Johnny had that old-school Southern instinct, you walk a woman to her car."