Deidre Hall on Late DAYS Co-Star Drake Hogestyn

We needed a reason [for John’s absence].” Corday, 74, reached out to Hogestyn before writing the script. “I wanted to make sure Drake signed off on this, and he was totally in favor of it ...
Drake Hogestyn, a fixture on the long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” has died at 70. The actor, who starred as John Black for nearly 40 years, battled pancreatic cancer, his family ...
Drake Hogestyn, who played John Black on the Peacock soap opera Days of Our Lives, died at the age of 70, on September 28, 2024, after a long fight against pancreatic cancer. He passed away ...
Drake Hogestyn, a Days of Our Lives veteran who spent nearly four decades playing the mysterious and often heroic John Black, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 70. The ...
Days of Our Lives will say a more permanent goodbye to the late Drake Hogestyn’s character, John Black, with upcoming death and funeral scenes that the actor approved before he passed away.