https://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2020/04/04/town-announces-the-first-deaths-from-coronavirus/

Known for playing attorney Mike Karr on The Edge Of Night, he passed away yesterday morning due to COVID-19.

Sad. It seems the list of actors and other performers who have died of Covid-19 grows by the day... :( :( :(

He also had a recurring part in Gomer Pyle. Mike Karr was the lead character in The Edge of Night for the first dozen season, by the time Compton assumed the role the lead character was Adam Drake played by Donald May (May is still alive, he's 93).