Felicia Minei Behr Dies: ‘All My Children’, ‘Ryan’s Hope’ & ‘As The World Turns’ Producer Was 82

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Felicia Minei Behr, a multiple Daytime Emmy-winning producer of ABC’s All My Children and Ryan’s Hope and a major force in that network’s powerhouse position in the soap opera universe of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, died Sunday, March 2, following a five-year battle with brain cancer.

She was 82. Her death was announced by daughters Kristina Behr Miller and Francesca Behr, who wrote on Facebook that their mother was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her death.

Born on September 21, 1942, on Long Island, NY, Behr began her TV career in 1960 as a secretary at CBS. In the following years she would move up the industry ladder with positions on The Jackie Gleason Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Garry Moore Show and ABC’s One Life to Live.

Eventually she would rise to SVP of ABC Daytime Programming from 2000-04. When Agnes Nixon created ABC’s groundbreaking All My Children in 1970, Behr was named associate producer.