Hunter Tylo’s son drowns in pool

The drowning of their 19-year-old son has left soap stars Hunter and Michael Tylo coping with yet another tragedy.

Michael "Mickey" Tylo Jr., the couple's first child, was found dead in a swimming pool late Thursday at his mother's house in Henderson.

His father, Michael Tylo, assistant professor of film and theater at UNLV, confirmed Friday that the accident involved an epileptic seizure.

A daughter, Katya, 9, was diagnosed with a form of eye cancer not long after she was born. She lost an eye to retinoblastoma. Her mother started the charity Hunter's Chosen Child to bring attention to the disease.

Hunter Tylo met her future husband on the set of "All My Children" and played his love interest. The couple married in 1987.

She starred in "The Bold and the Beautiful" in the early 1990s before leaving to join the cast of "Melrose Place" in 1996. She was fired by producer Aaron Spelling after becoming pregnant and won a judgment worth about $5 million from him.

She returned to "The Bold and the Beautiful" about two years ago. She and Tylo split about that time.

FACING A ROCKY ROAD

Jay Kornegay's job as executive director of the race and sports book at the Las Vegas Hilton requires keeping emotion out of the equation.

But he'll confess to having a soft spot in his heart for his home state team, the Colorado Rockies. Kornegay grew up in the Denver area and attended Colorado State University.

The World Series-bound Rockies (four words I thought I'd never write, along with "I gave up chocolate") have become one of the biggest sports stories of the year with their improbable run of 21 wins in 22 games, including a record-tying 7-0 post-season mark.

I asked Kornegay for the odds on the Rockies staying perfect with a 4-0 Series sweep.

"Our projected number is 15-1, depending on who they face, unlike the 300-1 some books have," he said.

"We opened them at 100-1 to win the Series, and during the course of summer they were as high as 300-1 around the time they were nine games under .500, and, yes, there are a handful of (300-1) tickets out on them."

Now they are 7-5, and the Hilton just took a very large wager on the Rockies at that number, he said.

The Hilton has the Cleveland Indians also at 7-5, with the Boston Red Sox the third choice at 14-5.

SIGHTINGS

At Strip House (Planet Hollywood Resort) on Friday: Sylvester Stallone and his wife, Jennifer, and, at another table, Adrian Grenier of "Entourage" with a large party. ... Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson and Stacey Keibler of "Dancing With the Stars," in separate parties at "Love" (Mirage) on Friday. ... Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., arriving at the Wynn Las Vegas with his posse Thursday in his usual understated style: They pulled up in three luxury cars -- a Maybach, a Mercedes McLaren SLR and a Rolls Royce Phantom, each worth about $500,000. Mayweather, who was voted off ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," was wearing twin diamond pendants shaped like boxing gloves and studded with rubies. The group headed for Tryst, where sports greats Charles Barkley, Michael Irvin and Eric Dickerson were among the revelers. ... Tennis legends Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi, dining Thursday at Social House (Treasure Island). ... At Blush Boutique Nightclub (Wynn): former NBA players Ron Harper, Bill Laimbeer, Dan Majerle and Vinny Johnson; former NBA coaches Chuck Daly and Mike Fratello; former NFL coaches Don Shula and Marty Schottenheimer; Hall of Fame reliever Rollie Fingers; NFL greats Lynn Swann and Dickerson; and TV sports broadcaster Jim Gray. Also spotted: Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Julius "Dr. J" Erving. All are at the Wynn for the Legends Golf Tournament. ... Actor/choreographer Cris Judd and Majerle at LAX nightclub (Luxor) on Thursday. ... Former "Dancing With the Stars" champion Kelly Monaco, hosting The Club at Madeira Canyon Magazine party on Thursday. Monaco ended up at Tao Las Vegas (Venetian).