Soap Opera Star, Groundbreaking Model Renauld White Dies At 80

The “Guiding Light” actor and fashion model was under hospice care at the time of his death.

Renauld White attends the 3rd Annual Thurgood Marshall College Fund FRONT ROW fashion show in New York City on Oct. 25, 2008. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Renauld White, the soap actor and trailblazing model who broke barriers in the fashion industry, has died at 80 years of age.

His longtime friend, fashion designer Jeffrey Banks, confirmed the news in an Instagram post and to Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), saying Mr. White passed away on June 26.