Former Actress Who Once Appeared on 'Guiding Light' Dies in Manhattan Apartment Fire at age 33

Evelyn Dehab

Evelyn Dahab, a New York City writer, bar owner and one-time actress who appeared in long running soap opera Guiding Light died in a fire in her Manhattan basement on Wednesday, the NYPD confirmed. She was 33.

Dahab as found in her bed after firefighters arrived to tackle a blaze in her basement apartment in the East Village neighborhood. She had been involved in a lengthy and costly $18,000 legal battle with her landlord, had planned to vacate her home at the end of the year and was pronounced dead at the scene around 3.15 a.m.

"She was bigger than life and too young to die," her father, Richard Dahab, told DNAinfo.