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'Days of Our Lives' Star Drake Hogestyn Dies of Cancer at 70
Drake Hogestyn, the Days of Our Lives star who played John Black for 38 years, has died of cancer at age 79
His character’s fan-favorite romance with Marlena Evans, played by Deidre Hall, won the onscreen pair a Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Couple in 2005. Oliver was traveling home from a Caribbean vacation with his two daughters — Madita and Annik, whom he shared with wife Jessica Klepser — on January 4. Several of Hogestyn’s Days of Our Lives costars took to social media to mourn his death, including Allison Sweeney, who wrote on Instagram: “Drake was an incredible man, He was funny, generous and thoughtful.
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