Days of Our Lives spoilers suggest that before John Black (Drake Hogestyn) entered the picture, the love of Marlena Evans’ ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Days of our Lives spoilers photos for the June 27, 2025 episode tease a memorable moment for Xander. It looks like it’s going to be an emotional day in Salem as Marlena (Deidre Hall) remains ...

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

I've never had a mountain that high to climb as an actor before in my life,' he reveals of saying goodbye to his TV dad, Drake Hogestyn.

Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn on 'Days of Our Lives'. Evans Vestal Ward/Peacock/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty. As a spy for ISA (the show's fictional International Security Alliance), Black was ...

Drake Hogestyn, the soap icon who played John Black on Days of Our Lives since 1986, died last September from pancreatic cancer. Nine months later, John is finally being laid to rest on Days, and ...

NEED TO KNOW. Eight months after Days of Our Lives star Drake Hogestyn died at age 70 after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he died onscreen. On the June 2 episode, Hogestyn's character ...

Hogestyn played John Black on the soap opera for 38 years, and hadn't appeared on the show in nine months before the executive producer pitched him the death storyline. Days of Our Lives has ...