Drake Hogestyn, who played mysterious and heroic John Black on “Days of Our Lives” for nearly four decades, died Saturday morning.
He was 70. The actor, who lived in Los Angeles and died one day shy of his 71st birthday, had been battling pancreatic cancer. His family announced news of his passing in a statement posted to the Instagram account of the long-running soap opera. “After putting up an unbelievable fight, he passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones,” part of the statement read. “He was the most amazing husband, father, papa and actor.
As John Black, across more than 4,200 episodes, Hogestyn was a spy, mercenary, police officer, private investigator and secret agent. Along the way, he's been shot, stabbed, paralyzed, ejected from a submarine, trapped in a gas chamber, stalked by a serial killer, attacked by Satan, and has effortlessly come back to life after being dead — all while his signature eyebrow arch reacted to the chaos accordingly.
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