Samuel Lloyd Haynes (October 19, 1934 – December 31, 1986)[1][2] was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the Emmy Award-winning series Room 222.
Haynes died of lung cancer at age 52 in Coronado, California. He was survived by his third wife, Carolyn Inglis, and their 4-year-old daughter, Jessica Haynes.[4] His Room 222 co-star, Denise Nicholas, was in attendance at Haynes' small private funeral in San Diego County. During his illness, Haynes was co-starring in the television soap opera General Hospital as Mayor Ken Morgan and was commuting from Coronado to Hollywood for filming, as he was working up until the time of his death.[5][6]
He was buried at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, California.
Personal life
Haynes was an accomplished light airplane pilot, and developed a program to encourage and train minorities in aviation.
In 1970, after the first season of Room 222, Haynes divorced his wife of eleven years, Elizabeth. He married his second wife, Saundra Burge, the same year; they divorced in 1973. Haynes married again in March 1981, to Carolyn Inglis; together they had a daughter, Jessica Haynes.