Ryan’s Hope Head Writer, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Inspiration for ‘Mary Ryan’ Character, Dead at 82 – Michael Fairman TV

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She was one of the most beloved soap opera writers of her time and has now just been told via the New York Times, this old Ryan’s Hope Editor-in-chief Mary Ryan Munisteri has died aged 82.

Munisteri reportedly passed away peacefully at her home in Brooklyn, New York, last week on January 29, 2022.

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Marie made herself known on Ryan’s Hope when her best friend, Claire Labine, co-created the series, and not only named the main female character after her, “Mary Ryan” originally played by Kate Malgrew, but also the series’ main family.

Munisteri has worked as a screenwriter and screenwriter on Ryan’s Hope in the mid-1970s and 1980s, and was eventually promoted to editor in the early 1980s.

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Mary has also written for daytime dramas Love of life, luminous guide, and As the world turns in the 70s. She ended her daytime career writing for general hospital and retired from writing in 2005. Throughout his career, Munisteri has won a dozen Daytime Emmy Awards for various writing teams.

She is survived by her children, Matt, Ben Munisteri and Adele Munisteri, and two grandchildren, Arlo and Calla Gleich.

The family shared that they will announce a memorial service at a later date.

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