Question: What form of dwarfism did the actor have that played a role on"Passions" and died the same day as his character? 
Sentence (from "Cartilage–hair hypoplasia"): It is a highly pleiotropic disorder that clinically manifests by form of short-limbed dwarfism due to skeletal dysplasia, variable level of immunodeficiency and predisposition to malignancies in some cases.
Relevant evidence: No