Obituaries : Tyler Stobie; Model, Actor

Tyler Stobie, a model and actor whose short career took him to such distant locations as Paris, Tokyo, Hamburg and Zurich, has died. He was 32.

Known professionally as Steven Tyler, the longtime Calabasas resident died Jan. 9 of injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Brazil, his family said. Stobie had recently completed two commercials in Sao Paulo and a fashion shoot for the Brazilian edition of GQ magazine, said his mother, Ann Monahan of Calabasas.

Born March 11, 1962, in Burbank, Stobie began his theatrical career at an early age, appearing in his parents’ dinner-theater productions. After attending Pierce College in the early 1980s, he left for Milan, Italy, where he started working as a fashion model.

During the late 1980s he moved to New York, where he appeared off-Broadway in “Hello Out There,” “Brilliant Traces,” “Snow Angel,” “Lone Star” and “Orphans.” Locally, he appeared in dinner-theater productions of “Cabaret” and “Damn Yankees” and in “I Always Wanted to Love You” at the West Valley Jewish Community Center.

Stobie also appeared in films and television, including “Regarding Henry,” “Green Card,” “For the Boys,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “China Beach,” “Tales From the Crypt” and “Another World.”

In addition to his mother, Stobie is survived by his father, Richard Stobie, of Chatsworth; five brothers, Sean Monahan of Woodland Hills, Terry Stobie of Calabasas, Brian Monahan of Van Nuys, Quinn Monahan of Studio City and Tod Stobie of Santa Monica, and two sisters, Shannon Monahan of West Hills and Tracy Katz of Valley Village.

A memorial service was held Jan. 17 at Malibu Presbyterian Church. Stobie was interred at Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village.

The family has said that memorial donations may be made to a fund in Stobie’s name in care of Michael and Ann Monahan, 505 Live Oak Circle, Calabasas 91302. The proceeds will be used for the construction of a playground at Malibu Bluffs Park.