When life imitates art. While Drake Hogestyn was dying of pancreatic cancer last year, the “Days of Our Lives” cast and crew filmed his character John Black’s funeral as they prepared to say goodbye to the actor himself. Hogestyn’s family, according to Variety, agreed to executive producer Ken Corday’s plan for the actor’s on-screen send-off. … Read more
Like sands through the hourglass. “Days of Our Lives” officially killed off Drake Hogestyn’s character, John Black, on Monday. The emotional episode came eight months after Hogestyn passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 70 on September 28, 2024, and it saw Black flatline in a hospital with his wife, Dr. Marlena Evans … Read more
Deidre Hall is honoring her late “Days of Our Lives” co-star Drake Hogestyn, who died from pancreatic cancer at age 70. Hall, 76, remembered her friend and colleague in an emotional statement to Access Hollywood on Wednesday, four days after Hogestyn’s death. “For nearly 4 decades, Marlena Evans and I have loved the same man,” Hall … Read more
Drake Hogestyn concluded his time as John Black on the long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives” in a touching way. A rep for the show confirmed to People on Tuesday that Hogestyn, who tragically died from pancreatic cancer at age 70 on Saturday, starred in his final episode of “Days of Our Lives” on September 9. In the … Read more