Macdonald Carey, Francis Reid, Joseph Mascolo, John Aniston, Bill Hayes, and Drake Hogestyn. They are some of our favorite people who have been on "Days Of Our Lives." Our deepest sympathies to their families, their "Days Of Our Lives" co - stars - past and present, - and all of the people who have worked behind the scenes on this TV Show - past and present.❤🙏❤🙏
From Baltimore MD!! To Deidre Hall (Dr.Marlena Evans Craig Brady Black)--I,m absolutely somewhat at a loss for words other then--I,m sadly 😔 sorry 😢😭 for your loss of a wonderful real life husband/father to his family & wonderful TV HUSBAND to you & your character!! Love 🤗🫂 hugs & prayers to you!! To the current cast of Days Of Our Lives & crew of the show including Executive Producer Ken Corday--My prayers 🤗🫂 hugs 🤝 handshakes go to all of you. & TO ALL 😞 FORMER CAST MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE GREAT BEYOND 😢😭!! You are all missed for all the days of our lives!! LIKE SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS SO ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!! RIP!! MR.DRAKE HOGESTYN AKA JOHN BLACK(9-29-1953-9-28-2024❤🎉😢
I started watching Days with my grandmother at age 5 (I'm 46)...still to this day I watch it to feel connected to my grandmother! I can't imagine a day's of our lives without John! Ty for your years of entertainment and you will be sooo missed!!!!! Rest in peace Drake....kitty and I will always love you!!
I loved him as John Black. He was the star of Days and that show had too many great actors, actresses and characters. Drake and Deidre portrayed arguably the greatest soap opera couple ever. I'm sad he's gone. RIPARADISE Drake Hogestyn 😔
I am so sorry and saddened to hear this, Days is literally a part of my life. To all the Days cast, especially Deidre, I am so sorry for your loss. All of your fans will miss you John Black 😢
Wow! Its So hard to believe that Drake/John Black is gone. He will Be So missed. I loved Him. He and Marlena had Magical Chemistry. They made the Best Couple. I will miss seeing them onscreen. My Thoughts go out to Drake's Family and Friends and Fans and to tje Cast of Days! Hugs to You All! RIP John Black. I watched Days from the Beginning. He has left such a huge void in Days. Will Miss John/Drake 4ever!! 😢😭💔💔
Devastating... 😭 Ironically, I was just thinking about how some actors, just as myself are getting along in age & how sad I am about that. 🥺 1 by 1, we'll be seeing our long time favorites 'head home'. Much love & God bless you ALL. 👼🏼🙏🏼❤️🌹✝️
This is such a loss to Days of Our Lives show and cast. My prayers are with his family and all of those that are a part of Days of Our Lives. It is hard to imagine this show without John. 🙏🙏
You gave us many years of laughter,sadness and tears.You will be greatly missed by Days fans.My heartfelt condolences to your loved ones,and your Days family.Your suffering is over. God bless
I knew there was something seriously wrong with him when I saw him and he had lost so much weight, then I heard this sad news yesterday. God Bless his family and may he rest in peace. What a devastating loss for the cast of Days of our Lives.
John and Marlena were such a "Wonderful Couple" my all time favorite! They really seemed like a married couple. We will miss you John Black! Rest in peace...
I've never met these people, but the death of Drake Hogestyn hits hard nonetheless, having watched him on DOOL for close to 40 years. It is not only the Hogestyn family who is devastated by the type of cancer that really doesn't give much time to prepare, something I understand having lost my husband at age 45 to cancer, with just a little more than four months from diagnosis to passing. The irony for me is that I described the feeling after my husband's terminal diagnosis as being trapped in an hourglass that has been turned. The finite sands of time were flowing and could not be stopped, and once the last grain passed through, time would be up. I can imagine that Deidre Hall is taking the loss of Drake Hogestyn almost as hard as his wife and children, and I immediately thought of her and of Stephen Nichols, and Mr. Hogestyn's other close friends from the Days cast. Drake Hogestyn was a fine man, and the Lord must have great things in store for him to call him home so soon. I will keep his family and friends in my prayers during this most difficult time.
SO VERY HEARTBROKEN 💔 TO HEAR ABOUT DRAKE HOGESTYN HE WAS AN ALWAYS BE A PHENONOMNAL ACTOR I WATCHED THIS SHOW WITH HIM AND MARLENA N JOHN I ALSO WATCHED THEM WHEN THEY WERE ROMAN AND MARLENA #RIPDRAKE
I am so saddened to hear this. I commented that he seemed to have lost weight. I’ve been watching days since it’s start, almost. He will be sorely missed. Will never be able to replace him. Prayers and condolences to his family and his DOL friends.😥🙏💐
Rest In Peace DRAKE AKA JOHN BLACK he is so loved and he will be missed my condolence to his family friends cast members and fans it won't be the same without you
I have been watching Days since 1981. I remember when Drake Hogestyn came to Salem as Roman Brady. I enjoyed those scenes between Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall. They had a great chemistry. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends! May his beautiful soul Rest in peace and one day rise in glory!!! Cherish the wonderful .🙏💔🙏😢 memories!💔😢
When pancreatic cancer is discovered, it's generally too late for any treatment. When my husband was diagnosed with that, he lasted less than three months. He's been in Heaven for 3 years and i still hurt day in and day out. In my head I know he's not coming back to me. But in my heart he will always be here with me. I love him so much Doris Spencer replying
Oh this is sad this couple were one of my favorite couple in day Soap show. When ever one of them leaves us I always feel like I lost a best friend. Rest in peace John Black. 😢😢😢😢😢sad ,very sad.you gone too soon.
Those two had great onscreen chemistry as actors as long as I can remember. The love story they wrote as John and Marlena will always be documented as one of the longest relationships in Soap opera History. RIP Drake we will miss you .
This has broken my heart I'm so deeply sorry to hear this as someone who has watched this show since I was a little girl. We love you drake RIP you will always be a part of the family. God bless your family both personal and professional family. With love and a heavy heart my thoughts and prayers are with you ❤️ 😢
Totally agree… just sad. Hate cancer. I lost my dad & brother in law from cancer and friends… right when Drake / John came back to Days, after supposedly being in Greece, he was very thin & his voice sounded like he had been sick… just like with John A / Victor. 😞
I,m 52 years old going on 53 next April 12th & a Baltimore MD resident of almost 44 years & a former Minnesota resident of the Twin Cities Mpls St Paul from 1974-81 & born in Santa Rosa California--I also want to say to EVERYONE CAST/CREW OF DAYS OF OUR LIVES & ALL 😞 FORMER CAST MEMBERS IN THE GREAT BEYOND 😢😭--THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF MY LIFE AS WELL!! ❤🎉😢RIP!! JOHN BLACK AKA DRAKE HOGESTYN!! (9-29-1953-9-28-2024)
As some of my own 😭😡 tears are coming out along with knots in my stomach tied in 🤬 anger & also still beyond mad as hell at that damn rotten NBC cancelling an iconic show & then moving to Peacock for nearly 3 years & NBC tossing DAYS OF OUR LIVES after 57 years & 14,430 shows like garbage 🗑️!! I still pray to God that Days Of Our Lives WILL SEE IT,S ACTUAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ON NOVEMBER 8,2025 & SIMULCAST ON NBC REGULAR TV AS WELL.AS PEACOCK-- BUT DON,T THINK THAT,LL HAPPEN!!
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc THAT,S SO ABSOLUTELY TRUE!! even though I don't get Peacock but I still love to see Days Of Our Lives reach their milestone 60th anniversary show on November 8th 2025!!
I’m in shock. This explains why he looked so painfully thin and frail the last episode I saw him in. I wondered if he had been sick. I’m his same age and I’m gratefully 5 years cancer free. We cannot take our lives for granted. Time goes by so fast. I’ve been a DOOL fan since it premiered when I was a child. Greg was one of my favourite actors. He will be missed. 😔
John Black was the son of Colleen Brady brother of Shawn Brady and son of Santo DiMera father of Stefano! Stepbrother to Stefano and cousin to Brady children..
No the rewrote that story line. Because they didn’t want Shawn and Belle to be cousins. His dad is the character that Dick Van Dyke played. I forgot the name.
Days of Our Lives will never be the same. The passing of Drake Hogestyn ruins John and Marlena on the show the best solid couple. They were the show he will be missed as John Black by everyone.🙏😢😢
John black is love by all the fans we All lost one of day of our live be love and heart warming actor he is so great in all his acting as is on my phone now be and I love it all now because of all the great actor on it we lost John black but he never be for get my his beloved fans I cry for him he gave so much to his fans we miss him . He gave so much fun time to the fans .😢😢 By from all the fans we love and miss you your fans.❤❤ .
I have always loved watching days of our lives since i was a child but now i dont watch it that much anymore ever since peggy mccay and john aniston passed away and now another great actor from the show is gone. I hope they write his death into the show somehow.rest in peace drake
This breaks my heart. I will never forget the first time their eyes met after Stefano killed Roman. Drake and Deidre’s very first scene on pier at the docks is unforgettable.
He was wonderful and so handsome!😢
Macdonald Carey, Francis Reid, Joseph Mascolo, John Aniston, Bill Hayes, and Drake Hogestyn. They are some of our favorite people who have been on "Days Of Our Lives." Our deepest sympathies to their families, their "Days Of Our Lives" co - stars - past and present, - and all of the people who have worked behind the scenes on this TV Show - past and present.❤🙏❤🙏
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So beautifully stated!
From Baltimore MD!! To Deidre Hall (Dr.Marlena Evans Craig Brady Black)--I,m absolutely somewhat at a loss for words other then--I,m sadly 😔 sorry 😢😭 for your loss of a wonderful real life husband/father to his family & wonderful TV HUSBAND to you & your character!! Love 🤗🫂 hugs & prayers to you!! To the current cast of Days Of Our Lives & crew of the show including Executive Producer Ken Corday--My prayers 🤗🫂 hugs 🤝 handshakes go to all of you. & TO ALL 😞 FORMER CAST MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE GREAT BEYOND 😢😭!! You are all missed for all the days of our lives!! LIKE SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS SO ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!! RIP!! MR.DRAKE HOGESTYN AKA JOHN BLACK(9-29-1953-9-28-2024❤🎉😢
He was such good actor
MAY GOD REST HIS SOUL. MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. R.I.P.🙏
I started watching Days with my grandmother at age 5 (I'm 46)...still to this day I watch it to feel connected to my grandmother! I can't imagine a day's of our lives without John! Ty for your years of entertainment and you will be sooo missed!!!!! Rest in peace Drake....kitty and I will always love you!!
I loved him as John Black. He was the star of Days and that show had too many great actors, actresses and characters. Drake and Deidre portrayed arguably the greatest soap opera couple ever. I'm sad he's gone.
RIPARADISE Drake Hogestyn 😔
I am so sorry and saddened to hear this, Days is literally a part of my life. To all the Days cast, especially Deidre, I am so sorry for your loss. All of your fans will miss you John Black 😢
Wow! Its So hard to believe that Drake/John Black is gone. He will Be So missed. I loved Him. He and Marlena had Magical Chemistry. They made the Best Couple. I will miss seeing them onscreen. My Thoughts go out to Drake's Family and Friends and Fans and to tje Cast of Days! Hugs to You All! RIP John Black. I watched Days from the Beginning. He has left such a huge void in Days. Will Miss John/Drake 4ever!! 😢😭💔💔
RIP Drake. ❤
My condolences to Drake Hogestyn family and friends plus the cast of Days of our lives he'll be missed
I hate that word Cancer!!!!
Devastating... 😭 Ironically, I was just thinking about how some actors, just as myself are getting along in age & how sad I am about that. 🥺 1 by 1, we'll be seeing our long time favorites 'head home'. Much love & God bless you ALL. 👼🏼🙏🏼❤️🌹✝️
This is such a loss to Days of Our Lives show and cast. My prayers are with his family and all of those that are a part of Days of Our Lives. It is hard to imagine this show without John. 🙏🙏
Rip John Black
You gave us many years of laughter,sadness and tears.You will be greatly missed by Days fans.My heartfelt condolences to your loved ones,and your Days family.Your suffering is over. God bless
I knew there was something seriously wrong with him when I saw him and he had lost so much weight, then I heard this sad news yesterday. God Bless his family and may he rest in peace. What a devastating loss for the cast of Days of our Lives.
John and Marlena were such a "Wonderful Couple" my all time favorite! They really seemed like a married couple. We will miss you John Black! Rest in peace...
I've never met these people, but the death of Drake Hogestyn hits hard nonetheless, having watched him on DOOL for close to 40 years. It is not only the Hogestyn family who is devastated by the type of cancer that really doesn't give much time to prepare, something I understand having lost my husband at age 45 to cancer, with just a little more than four months from diagnosis to passing.
The irony for me is that I described the feeling after my husband's terminal diagnosis as being trapped in an hourglass that has been turned. The finite sands of time were flowing and could not be stopped, and once the last grain passed through, time would be up.
I can imagine that Deidre Hall is taking the loss of Drake Hogestyn almost as hard as his wife and children, and I immediately thought of her and of Stephen Nichols, and Mr. Hogestyn's other close friends from the Days cast. Drake Hogestyn was a fine man, and the Lord must have great things in store for him to call him home so soon. I will keep his family and friends in my prayers during this most difficult time.
So beautifully said. So sorry for your loss.
@@sharynpachnek4937 Thank you for your kind words.
I noticed the major weight loss. He of course was still handsome, but he aged a lot. I had no idea he had cancer. So heartbreaking. RIP 💔
Me also, he looked unwell , I also noticed Marlena weight loss to hope she is OK ..
I just saw yesterday that Deidra is 76, no idea that she was that much older than Drake (John),
Love you Drake hogestyn you are a beautiful person watched you ( days ) for 35years !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
SO VERY HEARTBROKEN 💔 TO HEAR ABOUT DRAKE HOGESTYN HE WAS AN ALWAYS BE A PHENONOMNAL ACTOR I WATCHED THIS SHOW WITH HIM AND MARLENA N JOHN I ALSO WATCHED THEM WHEN THEY WERE ROMAN AND MARLENA #RIPDRAKE
Sorry Deidra I know it is like to lose a close friend. Sorry for your loss. I know you’ll carry him in your heart always.
I am so saddened to hear this. I commented that he seemed to have lost weight. I’ve been watching days since it’s start, almost. He will be sorely missed. Will never be able to replace him. Prayers and condolences to his family and his DOL friends.😥🙏💐
Rip Drake aka John Black you are missed cancer stinks
Yes cancer stinks! My mom died from cancer in 2010. Coincidently she died on the same day as Drake Hogestyn on September 28th
Cancer does suck! I've lost 7 family members and 3 survived it.
What a sad loss. He was a great actor and his backstory was impressive. We lost a good one. Rip Drake aka John black
OMG 😭😭😭 I have watched them since day one.He will be greatly missed my heart is broken 💔💔💔
I do too because it took my son Richard 4 years ago he was only 39 years old
Sending good energy your way. Condolences for your son.
So sorry for you loss. I lost my husband to this horrible illness and now my bf is going thru it! It's heartbreaking!
I am so sorry for your loss. He was so young.
Watching him on TV weeks ago I knew he was going to pass he lost so much weight I'm going to miss him yes I watch it on TV
Rest In Peace DRAKE AKA JOHN BLACK he is so loved and he will be missed my condolence to his family friends cast members and fans it won't be the same without you
RIP Drake better known as John you really really will be missed
I have been watching Days since 1981. I remember when Drake Hogestyn came to Salem as Roman Brady.
I enjoyed those scenes between Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall. They had a great chemistry. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends! May his beautiful soul Rest in peace and one day rise in glory!!!
Cherish the wonderful .🙏💔🙏😢 memories!💔😢
When pancreatic cancer is discovered, it's generally too late for any treatment. When my husband was diagnosed with that, he lasted less than three months. He's been in Heaven for 3 years and i still hurt day in and day out. In my head I know he's not coming back to me. But in my heart he will always be here with me. I love him so much
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I am so sorry.
He was a great actor will be missed but not forgotten 🌹💗🌹
Rest in peace dear friend
We’ll always miss ya drake 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
I love days and was crazy about John from the beginning to the end RIP John you will be missed by many
Oh this is sad this couple were one of my favorite couple in day Soap show. When ever one of them leaves us I always feel like I lost a best friend. Rest in peace John Black. 😢😢😢😢😢sad ,very sad.you gone too soon.
Rip😢❤❤gone but not forgotten now a angel looking out for us from above amen love ya'll you're sister in Christ amen
I will truly miss him one of my favorites
Those two had great onscreen chemistry as actors as long as I can remember. The love story they wrote as John and Marlena will always be documented as one of the longest relationships in Soap opera History. RIP Drake we will miss you .
Oh I'm so sad to hear this, Rest in peace and prayers for the family and his Days family 🙏🙏
What a shock! Prayers to his family and his fellow actors!! RIP Drake! 😭
I’m sorry for the loss of someone that is going to miss a lot
This has broken my heart I'm so deeply sorry to hear this as someone who has watched this show since I was a little girl. We love you drake RIP you will always be a part of the family. God bless your family both personal and professional family. With love and a heavy heart my thoughts and prayers are with you ❤️ 😢
Totally agree… just sad. Hate cancer. I lost my dad & brother in law from cancer and friends… right when Drake / John came back to Days, after supposedly being in Greece, he was very thin & his voice sounded like he had been sick… just like with John A / Victor. 😞
Oh Wow! So saddened by thus news!!😢 my deepest condolences to his family!! I'm such a big fan of DOOL
RIP Drake aka John Black!!!! Prayers for his Days fans, co stars and Especially his wife and family
RIP Drake/John. I been watching this show forever. Love John and Marlena. 🙏🙏🙏
I,m 52 years old going on 53 next April 12th & a Baltimore MD resident of almost 44 years & a former Minnesota resident of the Twin Cities Mpls St Paul from 1974-81 & born in Santa Rosa California--I also want to say to EVERYONE CAST/CREW OF DAYS OF OUR LIVES & ALL 😞 FORMER CAST MEMBERS IN THE GREAT BEYOND 😢😭--THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF MY LIFE AS WELL!! ❤🎉😢RIP!! JOHN BLACK AKA DRAKE HOGESTYN!! (9-29-1953-9-28-2024)
He was looking pretty ill alot lately. I will definitely miss him alot. R.I.P. Drake
Going to miss him watched Days forever❤
He was a great actor
Diedre Hall and Drake Hogestyn were a great a wonderful couple.
So sorry he was a special person! He will be missed!
As some of my own 😭😡 tears are coming out along with knots in my stomach tied in 🤬 anger & also still beyond mad as hell at that damn rotten NBC cancelling an iconic show & then moving to Peacock for nearly 3 years & NBC tossing DAYS OF OUR LIVES after 57 years & 14,430 shows like garbage 🗑️!! I still pray to God that Days Of Our Lives WILL SEE IT,S ACTUAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ON NOVEMBER 8,2025 & SIMULCAST ON NBC REGULAR TV AS WELL.AS PEACOCK-- BUT DON,T THINK THAT,LL HAPPEN!!
Soaps are now a dying breed. The remaining ones that are still on the air are barely hanging on.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc THAT,S SO ABSOLUTELY TRUE!! even though I don't get Peacock but I still love to see Days Of Our Lives reach their milestone 60th anniversary show on November 8th 2025!!
@@JasonRourhierNobody hardly watches soaps anymore. Because of the economy, the housewives, who use to watch them are now working.
Wondet when his last air date will be. This explains a bit why he kept being gone.
I’m in shock. This explains why he looked so painfully thin and frail the last episode I saw him in. I wondered if he had been sick. I’m his same age and I’m gratefully 5 years cancer free. We cannot take our lives for granted. Time goes by so fast. I’ve been a DOOL fan since it premiered when I was a child. Greg was one of my favourite actors. He will be missed. 😔
9/9 I heard
@cynthiajonestillerywright8936 That is what I heard too.
@@marycooley4943 it was Sept 9th when john was talking to tate
September 9 was his final appearance
We will all miss Drake Hogestyn
John Black was the son of Colleen Brady brother of Shawn Brady and son of Santo DiMera father of Stefano! Stepbrother to Stefano and cousin to Brady children..
No the rewrote that story line. Because they didn’t want Shawn and Belle to be cousins. His dad is the character that Dick Van Dyke played. I forgot the name.
You will be missed Drake/John Black. My condolences to the family and friends especially the DOOL family. 😢
Days of Our Lives will never be the same. The passing of Drake Hogestyn ruins John and Marlena on the show the best solid couple. They were the show he will be missed as John Black by everyone.🙏😢😢
He will be miss my heart broken with you Deidre Hall and all
Sorry for your loss😢😢😢
John Black will be missed, that's a fact.
RIP Drake 🙏🙏. You will be missed very much.
May you rest in peace ❤️🙏🏽
Prayers ❤
I am still totally shocked what happen to drake -John black is
I will miss you John Black! 😢RIP
John black is love by all the fans we All lost one of day of our live be love and heart warming actor he is so great in all his acting as is on my phone now be and I love it all now because of all the great actor on it we lost John black but he never be for get my his beloved fans I cry for him he gave so much to his fans we miss him . He gave so much fun time to the fans .😢😢 By from all the fans we love and miss you your fans.❤❤ .
Shocking news😢 rest in peace dear friend you will be forever missed 😢 but never ever forgotten 🙏
it’s so sad 😞
Wonder when his last date will be
It has already happened. It was said that it was September 9, when he was on with Brady and Tate.
So sad news 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
Now what's marlena gonna do
I have always loved watching days of our lives since i was a child but now i dont watch it that much anymore ever since peggy mccay and john aniston passed away and now another great actor from the show is gone. I hope they write his death into the show somehow.rest in peace drake
God bless 🙏
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢Goodbye John Black, Love Always,
I hope they don't replace him because no one can call Marlene Doc like John
This breaks my heart. I will never forget the first time their eyes met after Stefano killed Roman. Drake and Deidre’s very first scene on pier at the docks is unforgettable.
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Drake and Deidre would have celebrated 40 years of friendship in 2026.
I MISS HIM. KRIS KRIS KRISTOFFERSON ,HE PASSED AWAY WHEN DRAKE PASSED AWAY.
I lost my mom and dad to cancer and my younger brother to the same cancer Drake passed away from
Rip😢😢
I loved him another angel Pgh Pa condolences to all Pgh Pa
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Rip
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She hasn’t made a statement. Nice of you to take quotes and put them in past tense. For views.