Eve Russell is a fictional character on the American soap opera "Passions", which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in 2007–08.
 Created by the soap's head writer, James E. Reilly, Eve was played by Tracey Ross for the series' entire run.
 In 2003, actresses Amanda Maiden and Kimberly Kevon Williams played the character in flashbacks to her childhood and her time as a nightclub singer.
 Ross was initially hesitant to audition for the role following her negative experience on "Ryan's Hope", but was attracted to the show after learning about its supernatural and fantasy elements.
 Her casting was part of NBC's attempt to include a racially diverse ensemble on daytime television.
 She based her performance on Joanne Woodward's role in the 1957 film "The Three Faces of Eve" and Catherine Halsey from Ayn Rand's 1943 novel, "The Fountainhead".
Timmy Lenox is a fictional character from the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama "Passions" portrayed by Josh Ryan Evans.
 In a tragically ironic twist of fate, the actor died of a congenital heart defect the very day his character Timmy died on the show and donated his heart to Charity Standish.
Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera "Passions".
 The youngest son of the once-missing Martin Fitzgerald and Mexican immigrant Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, the character as played by original cast member Jesse Metcalfe (July 5, 1999—July 26, 2004, November 2004-January 2005) was caught in a love triangle with true love Charity Standish and her scheming, manipulative cousin, and his best friend, Kay Bennett.
 After being written off-canvas for a year, the character returned on February 8, 2006 played by Adrian Bellani; and engaged in a rivalry with Kay's fiancé, and later husband, Fox Crane.
 After a three-month hiatus from September to December 2007, while the character was said to have been kidnapped by the forces of darkness and held prisoner in Hell, Blair Redford replaced Bellani on December 24, 2007 and played the role until August 7, 2008.
Donn Swaby (born August 20, 1973) is an American actor.
 He is best known for playing the role of Chad Harris-Crane on the television soap opera "Passions".
 He graduated from Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens.
 Swaby received a college degree from Boston University.
 He played the role of Chad on "Passions" from the show's debut in July 1999 until September 2002.
 After he left the soap, Charles Divins replaced him.
Joshua Ryan "Josh" Evans (January 10, 1982 – August 5, 2002) was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy Lenox in the soap opera "Passions".
 Though he was 17 years old when "Passions" debuted, Evans had the appearance and voice of a small child due to achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.
 He was 3 ft tall.
Charles Divins (born January 29, 1976) is an American actor who played the role of Chad Harris-Crane on the television soap opera "Passions" from 2002 to 2007, when he decided not to join some of the other cast members when Passions moves from NBC to DirecTV.
Liz Sanbourne is a fictional character from the American soap opera "Passions", which aired on National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1999–2007 and on DirecTV from 2007–08.
 Created by the soap's head writer, James E. Reilly, Liz was portrayed by Amelia Marshall from October 3, 2001 to February 17, 2006.
 Arreale Davis and Taquel Graves also played the role in flashbacks in 2003.
 Reilly approached Marshall about the role after they worked together on "Guiding Light"; Marshall was attracted to the series due to the opportunity to play a darker and more complex character than her previous experiences.
 Her casting was part of NBC's attempt to include a racially diverse ensemble on daytime television.
Cartilage–hair hypoplasia (CHH), also known as McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, is a rare genetic disorder.
 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.
 It was first reported in 1965 by McKusick et al.
 Actor Verne Troyer is affected with this form of dwarfism, as was actor Billy Barty, who was renowned for saying "The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia, but you can just call me Billy."
Vincent Clarkson, also known by the alter ego Valerie Davis, is a fictional character from the American soap opera "Passions", which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in 2007–08.
 Created by the soap's founder and head writer James E. Reilly, Vincent was portrayed by Phillip Jeanmarie from 2006 –2008.
 Valerie was played by Daphnée Duplaix from 2004 –2008, and temporarily by Siena Goines in 2007.
 Jeanmarie originally auditioned for the role of a peeping tom before the role was expanded as the show progressed.
 Jeanmarie and Duplaix were both unaware that Vincent and Valerie were the same character until receiving the script and shooting the scenes.
 Jeanmarie approached playing Vincent through his abuse as a child by his grandfather Alistair Crane, interpreting him as a character constantly searching for acceptance.
 The character received a more uncertain response from the show's other cast members.
Fox Crane is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera "Passions" and was portrayed by Justin Hartley from December 17, 2002—February 10, 2006, and Mark Cameron Wystrach from February 14, 2006—September 7, 2007.
 Actor Nick Stabile took over the role temporarily following the 2004 Summer Olympic Games (which preempted Passions for a few weeks), while Hartley's wife, fellow Passions star Lindsay Hartley was on maternity leave.
 Fox, as played by Hartley, was a fan favorite amongst "Passions" viewers.

Question: What form of dwarfism did the actor have that played a role on"Passions" and died the same day as his character? 
Answer: achondroplasia