Editing Michael Nader (section)

==Personal life==

===Marriages and family===
Nader dated actress Ellen Barber for ten years, with the relationship ending around the same time as his role on ''As the World Turns''.<ref name="People 1985"/> Nader married Robin Weiss in June 1984, and a month later they had a daughter.<ref name="People 1985"/> He was married to Jodi Lister at the time of his death, with the couple having been together for 18 years.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/08/25/michael-nader-dynasty-all-my-children-dies-76/5591294001/| title=Michael Nader, soap opera star of ''Dynasty'' and ''All My Children'', dies at 76 from cancer| first=Cydney| last=Henderson| newspaper=[[USA Today]]| date=August 25, 2021| access-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref>

===Drug addiction and legal issues=== 
In 1984, Nader admitted to previously having drug and drinking problems, which prompted him to become sober in 1980. He was charged with drunk driving in 1997, and in 2001 was arrested for attempting to sell [[cocaine]] to an undercover police officer.<ref name="Newsday"/> Nader was let go from his role on ''All My Children'' soon after, with a statement from ABC that if he resolved his issues they would rehire him. It was more than a decade before they did, Nader meanwhile sued the network, alleging that they never intended to bring him back to the show at all.<ref name="Fairman"/>

===Death===
Nader died on August 23, 2021, at the age of 76 at his home, ten days after being diagnosed with an untreatable form of cancer.<ref name="Deathdate">{{cite web| url=https://tvline.com/2021/08/25/michael-nader-dies-dynasty-dex-dead-obituary/| title=Michael Nader, Star of ''All My Children'' and ''Dynasty'', Dead at 76| website=[[TVLine]]| first=Andy| last=Swift| date=August 25, 2021| access-date=August 25, 2021| archive-date=August 25, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825175807/https://tvline.com/2021/08/25/michael-nader-dies-dynasty-dex-dead-obituary/| url-status=live}}</ref>

Nader had long been rumored to have been HIV positive. Speculation about his health first abounded in 2001 following his arrest and subsequent firing from ''All My Children''. Nader vehemently denied having HIV.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/nader/page10.html |title=Angelfire |access-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418085054/https://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/nader/page10.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, following his death, his daughter Lindsay revealed in an Instagram post<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CTEDmwwrTEW/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D | title=Lindsay Nader on Instagram: "My father, Michael Nader, passed away on Monday 8/23. He was diagnosed with an untreatable form of liver cancer on 8/13 and was given a 2 week to 2 month window to live. After diagnosed he slipped away very quickly and was only with us for 10 more days. He grew up surfing in Los Angeles and was discovered on the beach. He started modeling and acting and eventually made his way onto the stage and then the screen. My dad loved the spotlight and really liked to party. He used to tell the craziest stories about hanging out with Hendrix at electric ladyland and doing drugs with Jim Morrison. Even though my parents split when I was very young, they stayed best friends and I spent a ton of time with my dad, especially over the summers. He always showed up for me. He was my idol for most of my childhood. He lived a glamorous, adventure filled life and showed me the world from a street view, from Broadway stages, from trips to foreign countries, from art galleries and museum installations. It was important to him that I was immersed in art and culture and had a large world view. One of my favorite memories was sitting in restaurants with him in NYC and helping him memorize his lines. My dad was a magical, charismatic and wildly inappropriate man who fiercely battled addiction. I began to see more and more of this as I got older and my image of him slowly started to change, an experience many of us can share with regards to our parents. He wasn't the infallible hero anymore, but rather a flawed human being with a lot of heroic qualities. I saw some things I wasn't supposed to see and a little trauma was accrued along the way. He was able to open up to me in my teenage years and speak candidly about his struggles. It was very tough but I admired his choice to be vulnerable with me. I've actually been waiting my entire life to share something about him…it's tragic that cancer was what ended up taking him because he's one of the longest known survivors of HIV. He contracted the virus before I was born and by some miracle I was conceived without infection. He found out later he was positive and didn't tell me until I was 16. Cont. In comments" }}</ref> that her father had, in fact, lived with HIV for several decades; he had contracted the virus before she was born, and was one of the longest known survivors.