Mother of Emmy-winning soap star Billy Miller reveals son’s cause of death: ‘He fought a long hard valiant battle’

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Billy Miller set the record straight that her son died of suicide after a strenuous battle with mental health issues.“He fought a long hard valiant battle with bipolar depression for years.

He did everything he could to control the disease,” Patricia Miller wrote in her statement to Soap Opera Digest, first thanking fans for their love and support in the wake of her son’s tragic death.“He loved his family, his friends and his fans but in the end, the disease won the fight and he surrendered his life.”Patricia issued the statement to address rumors circulating about how her 43-year-old son died were “not true” following his death on Friday.“I wish they were but they just aren’t,” the mother wrote.She revealed the family is “desperately trying to deal with our loss” and said she had “nothing further to say” on her son’s death.“I want to personally thank the many fans & personal friends for the overwhelming amount of love, prayers & condolences sent to me and my family on the devastating death of my beautiful son BJ.”“The Young and the Restless” stars agent confirmed to The Post on Sunday that he struggled with manic depression.Miller died two days shy of turning 44 in Austin, Texas.Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sept.