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.

The recollections and flashbacks continued when Marlena, Bo (Peter Reckell), Kayla (Mary Beth Evans), Patch (Stephen Nichols), Roman (Josh Taylor), and Shane (Charles Shaughnessy) gathered at the ...

With Bo and Hope set to renew their vows and sail off into the sunset, again, in the wake of John’s funeral on Days of Our ...

Drake Hogestyn, who played John Black on “Days of Our Lives” for over 30 years, died at age 70 in September 2024 after a ...

Hogestyn died in September 2024 from pancreatic cancer, around the same time the soap opera filmed the death of his character ...

If you're getting choked up watching Days of our Lives this week, it's for good reason. As Salem laid John Black to rest on ...

Executive producer Ken Corday approached Hogestyn’s family and got permission to bring John’s story to an end this way, and they signed off on it. “Drake, as the consummate storyteller that ...

Days of Our Lives star Kristian Alfonso looks back on her friendship and working relationship with the late Drake Hogestyn.

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 ...

The actress describes learning of Hogestyn’s death as “devastating,” as she has so many wonderful and cherished memories of the years they spent together, both on camera and off.

Hogestyn's John Black has been a "Days" mainstay since 1986. The actor died at the age of 70 in 2024 from pancreatic cancer.