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Alison Sweeney Pays Tribute to Late ‘Days of Our Lives’ Costar Drake Hogestyn: ‘My Heart Breaks’

Alison Sweeney shared a touching tribute to late Days of Our Lives costar Drake Hogestyn after his death at age 70 from pancreatic cancer. 'My heart breaks.'

“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Drake Hogestyn,” a statement shared on the show’s official X account read on September 28. He loved performing for the Days audience and sharing the stage with the greatest cast, crew, and production team in the business,” the statement continued. “Hogey was the ultimate team player and there are not sufficient words to express how deeply he will be missed,” Ken Corday, the show’s executive producer, said in a statement to TODAY.com on September 29.

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