Anthony Herrera's paternal grandfather was French-born Gaston Louis Malecot, an instructor at Columbia University and a World War I veteran, and his paternal grandmother was Spanish.
13 Facts About Anthony Herrera
1.
2.
Anthony Herrera earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
3.
Anthony Herrera was the biological father of actress Gaby Hoffmann.
4.
Anthony Herrera was raised by Viva, in the Chelsea Hotel.
5.
Anthony Herrera became best known for his role as the evil James Stenbeck on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played periodically between 1980 and 2010.
6.
Anthony Herrera played Mark Galloway in 1974 and 1975 on the same show.
7.
Anthony Herrera produced and directed a short documentary titled Mississippi Delta Blues, about the life of James "Son" Thomas.
8.
Anthony Herrera appeared as Lee Falk's Mandrake the Magician, alongside Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Lothar, in a failed TV series pilot.
9.
Anthony Herrera was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive and normally fatal type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, in 1997.
10.
Anthony Herrera went to Memorial Sloan-Kettering and underwent chemotherapy, total body irradiation, and an autologous stem cell transplant, but all these treatments were unsuccessful.
11.
Anthony Herrera's disease went into remission for at least nine years, and was considered a "pioneer case" and proof that donor stem cells could induce long-term remission.
12.
In 2005, Anthony Herrera wrote a book about his experiences, which he titled The Cancer War.
13.
Anthony Herrera died on June 21,2011, aged 67, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.