Legendary actor Drake Hogestyn, who portrayed the character of John Black in 'Days of Our Lives' has passed away at 70.
Legendary actor Drake Hogestyn, who portrayed the character of John Black in ‘Days of Our Lives’ has passed away at 70.“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Drake Hogestyn. He was thrown the curve ball of his life when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but he faced the challenge with incredible strength and determination,” reads the statement.
He appeared in more than 4,200 episodes of the soapie, together with Deidre Hall as his love interest, Marlena Evans. @trudat2020: “Passing of #RIPDrakeHogestyn is an absolute gut-punch. The classiest of all players on #DaysofourLives, iconic superhero for the ages,romantic but never sappy, strong but always softhearted&compassionate, #JohnBlack was very best of daytime. We’ll never be the same without him.
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