A Martinez Sets June 7 Marcy Walker Fundraiser Livestream
A Martinez said the June 7 marcy walker livestream with their Santa Barbara costar is being turned into a fundraiser because Walker is facing serious health challenges. He said the money is needed for a real and urgent need, shifting the event from a reunion chat into a direct support effort.
Martinez on June 7
100% of the proceeds from the livestream will go toward helping Walker cover rising medical bills and healthcare costs. Martinez said the pair will spend a couple of hours talking with fans and with host Melissa Braverman, but he also addressed the fee head-on after some disappointment surfaced over the cost.
“As we approach June 7th, where Marcy Walker and I will LiveCast with our friend Melissa Braverman to dive into the legacy of Cruz and Eden, I wanted to clarify our thinking about the tickets. It’s pretty simple, but easy to misunderstand: we need to raise money to address a real and urgent need. I should have made that clear from the jump but didn’t, and I offer my my apologies for the mistake,” Martinez wrote on social media.
Cruz and Eden return
Martinez and Walker played Cruz Castillo and Eden Capwell on Santa Barbara from 1984 to 1991, a run that still gives the event its draw. He said, “Marcy Walker and I played Cruz and Eden on Santa Barbara,” and called Walker’s work “The honesty, the power, the ease of her work, day after day, right in front of my eyes.”
That legacy also explains why the livestream can still attract paying viewers after Walker stepped away from public life. She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1989, Martinez took Outstanding Lead Actor in 1990, and the pair’s reunion leans on that shared history rather than a new project rollout.
Walker’s path after Santa Barbara
Walker kept working after Santa Barbara, starring in Palace Guard in 1991, appearing on Guiding Light from 1993 to 1995, and reprising Liza on All My Children from 1995 to 2005. After that, she became a youth minister in Connecticut and retired from public life, which makes the June 7 appearance a rare public return with a clear financial purpose behind it.
Martinez said, “The fact is, Marcy has been ill and is working hard to get well and in the process has come face to face with the financial challenges that so often plague those of us unlucky enough to need medical care in our country.” He added, “She is in that need.”
For viewers, the event is no longer just about nostalgia; it is a payment-backed fundraiser tied to Walker’s medical costs. Martinez said, “We will probably do a GoFundMe over the summer, but the June 7th conversation will support our precious friend in a way that’s both personal and I would imagine would end up being highly memorable for all of us.”
