John Black will die on Days of our Lives. Recently, viewers learned the news that Drake Hogestyn was involved in planning his character’s death while he fought cancer. Stephen Nichols, Mary Beth Evans, and Ken Corday, the soap’s executive producer ...

In the aftermath of the heartbreaking death of Days of Our Lives star Drake Hogestyn, news has surfaced that the actor filmed John Black’s death scenes. One of the major heroes of Salem, John, and Hogestyn are missed equally. His co-stars spoke out about their reactions to filming those scenes and how they got through them.

Before actor Drake Hogestyn died following a pancreatic cancer battle, he reportedly approved of his Days of Our Lives character also dying. “We were rolling the dice because it’s difficult to tell a story of someone’s death or a character’s death while the actor is still alive;

Days of our Lives's Deidre Hall reflects on her days with Drake Hogestyn, and his iconic character, John Black, during a sit-down interview with Access… The post Deidre Hall Remembers Drake Hogestyn,

In spite of hard times, Hall encourages the "Days" audience to "stick with us, we're always going to be your family."

Days of our Lives star Deidre Hall (Marlena) teared up while remembering Drake Hogestyn (John) during the hit Peacock soap’s 59th-anniversary celebration. Deidre and the rest of Drake’s Days family were rocked to their core following his passing in September from pancreatic cancer.