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Drake Hogestyn Cause of Death: Soap Opera Star Passes Away at 70


Drake Hogestyn is dead at the age of 70. We send our condolences to those who knew the Days of Our Lives actor well.

Drake Hogestyn, a legendary actor who will forever be best known for having played the character of John Black on Days of Our Lives for nearly four decades, has passed away. Back in 2005, Hogestyn and Deidre Hall (who portrayed Marlena Evans) won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Couple. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NATAS)“This is a very difficult one for all of us,” Days of Our Lives executive producer Ken Corday said in a statement to People Magazine.

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