I had not realized that Pamela Toll had passed away in 2020.

Pamela Toll (Pammy Davis on Somerset) is another performer from Somerset who passed away in 2020.   I can't remember that her death was reported either.

Pamela Barbaro Toll, actor, teacher, mosaicist, and screenwriter, passed away peacefully with her family in Easton, MD, on August 31st after a years-long struggle with Alzheimer's. She was born in Paterson, NJ, in 1948 to Doris and William Toll. She is survived by her daughters, Arianna and Tiolina, by her loving companion, Phil Lambert, and by the family she made everywhere she went. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to For All Seasons Behavioral Rape and Crisis Center, 300 Talbot Street, Easton, MD 21601, where she led creative workshops and served on the board.

to soapfave06:

The show was being written at the time in the 1950s by the late Irving Vendig, who followed Agnes Nixon as the second writer.    Mr. Vendig also wrote and created Three Steps to Heaven, The Edge of Night and Hidden Faces.  He had also written or was writing the Perry Mason radio program.

Here is another death of a performer from Somerset which was not widely reported in 2020.   Len Gochman was in the original cast as Peter Delaney.

LEN GOCHMAN Obituary

GOCHMAN--Len, actor, theater producer, and voice-over performer, died peacefully in Manhattan on February 7, surrounded by family and loved ones. Len will be remembered for his kindness, warmth, and generosity. He was 89. After graduating Dartmouth College in 1953, Len served in the U.S. Army. Early in his theatrical career, he worked for the singer Pat Boone, managing the star's fan clubs and publicity. After playing a small role in the 1960s Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Len was offered the starring role of J. Pierrepont Finch in the show's Australian production. After a year in Australia, Len returned to the U.S. to perform his signature role in numerous productions. His other Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include "Finian's Rainbow," "Don't Drink the Water," "Dear Oscar," "A Little Night Music," "Tuscaloosa's Calling Me . . . But I'm Not Going," and "The Survivor." He also appeared in the TV shows "Another World," "Somerset" and "Law and Order," among other television and film productions. During the 1970s and '80s, Len's engaging voice and prodigious talent led him to become a leader in the voice-over industry. His warm, natural approach could be heard on many blue-chip corporate narrations and TV commercials, including for Jaguar, Delta, Ford, Crest, T. Rowe Price, and the U.S. Army. Len delighted his children with his professional character voices such as the Snack Pack horse. Later in life, Len applied his advertising skills to writing, directing, and producing commercials for Academy Sports + Outdoors stores, founded by Max and Arthur Gochman. Len's passion for theatre never waned. For 30 years, he was an active board member with Celeste Holm of the Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center, which later became Arts Horizons. He also served on the board of The Schoolhouse Theater in Westchester, NY. For many decades, Len worked side by side his wife, Marita, translating and producing several plays by the renowned Swedish playwright Lars Noren. Len is survived by his beloved wife, Marita; as well as his six children, their spouses, and his twelve grandchildren: Michael, Bettina, and Karolina; Debi, Paul, Jeff, and Nick; Doug; Todd, Amy, Andrew, and Henry; Marika, Ray, Ella, Jonas, Wini, Beck and Sofia; and Johanna, John, Mikaela, and Addy.

I loved Ms. Sloan immediately when she was first appearing.   I thought that she had much more chemistry with Joel Crothers than Jayne Bentzen ever had.  

Ms. Sloan was my favorite Nicole, and I am sorry that she is no longer acting.

I think that Ms. Kristen is a very fine actress.   She was primarily a stage actress at the time that Ryan's Hope began.   Her role in Grease as Patty Simcox was not the lead role, but my understanding is that she was excellent in the ensemble cast.

I never really liked the character of Delia Reed Ryan ..., but I thought that she did an excellent job in the role.   I also liked Randall Edwards, but she was quite different from Ms. Kristen (and another stage actress who played Delia well).

I was very disappointed with the way Robyn Millan played the role, and her bad performances were quite suprising and shocking to me.   I do remember ever seeing Robin Mattson playing the role of Delia.

I remember when Ms. Kristen was playing the role of Georgina on One Life to Live.   I did not care much for her then, but the role was a nothing-kind-of-role in my opinion.   I was no more happy when Nana Tucker/Nana Visitor left Ryan's Hope and replaced Ms. Kristen.

I did not see her on Another World.   I was suprised when she was first seen on One Life to Live in a second role (Roxanne Balsam).  But, the audience, I think, loved her in this role, and Ms. Kristen had some great scenes.

The storyline that excited me was when she divorced Max and was after Asa.   Max and Gretel Cummings were also attracted to each other.    I think that a Max-Roxanne-Gretel-Asa quadrangle was really promising, but, unfortunately, actress Linda Dano left the show saying she was tired.    (And, I could never understand how she could later appear on The Guiding Light if she had been so tired!)

In addition, I have seen Ms. Kristen in roles on primetime television (Law and Order and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit).    She seemed quite competent in the roles.

Thankfully, the character of David Renaldi did return to One Life to Live.

The death of actress and writer Lara Parker made me think that Ms. Parker would have been a terrific Josie/Serena Travis on The Edge of Night.

That role, of course, was played by another actress who later turned to writing, Louise Shaffer.

She was the favorite actress of my late brother.

Actor Mark Goddard, who played Lt. Paul Reed on The Doctors during its final year, has passed away.

Here is a short obituary.   (Hopefully, a better one will become available):

Mark Goddard, who played Major Don West, the hot-tempered pilot of the Jupiter 2, on the 1960s CBS adventure series Lost on Space, has died. He was 87. 

Goddard died Tuesday in Hingham, Massachusetts, his wife Evelyn Pezzulich told The Hollywood Reporter. 

Goddard had worked as a regular on the Four Star Television series Johnny Ringo and The Detectives when he was approached by his agent about coming aboard the new Lost on Space, created and produced by Irwin Allen.

Actor Mark Goddard (Ted Clayton #2 on One Life to Live) has passed away.

Here is a short obituary.   (Hopefully, a longer one will become available):

Mark Goddard, who played Major Don West, the hot-tempered pilot of the Jupiter 2, on the 1960s CBS adventure series Lost on Space, has died. He was 87. 

Goddard died Tuesday in Hingham, Massachusetts, his wife Evelyn Pezzulich told The Hollywood Reporter. 

Goddard had worked as a regular on the Four Star Television series Johnny Ringo and The Detectives when he was approached by his agent about coming aboard the new Lost on Space, created and produced by Irwin Allen.

I have two questions about Grandma Matthews (Vera Allen).   When the character was written off the show, what was the explanation that she was no longer living with Mary and Jim?    Did she leave at the same time Janet Matthews was written off the show or before that?

Donald Wallace Obituary

Wallace, Donald T.
May 17, 1922 - Dec. 16, 2015
Don was born in Iowa and grew up in Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Michigan in May, 1943 with a Bachelor of Music degree. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 where he earned the rank of Captain. Don was married to Peggy Johnson in 1946. They moved to New York where he took graduate work at Columbia. He was hired by Benton and Bowles (a New York ad agency) where he served as a radio program director and television director (The Edge of Night). In 1968 he partnered with Agnes Nixon to form Creative Horizons and brought One Life to Live and All My Children to television. He became Executive Producer, and later Head Writer, for One Life to Live. In 1971, he went on to do freelance writing and directing on numerous shows in N.Y. and L.A. He retired in 1989. Don was a member of the Directors Guild and Writers Guild of America. He received one Writers Guild award and three Emmy nominations during his career. He also served as organist/choir director for 20 years at two Long Island churches. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Peggy, three married sons, Bruce (Lois), Tom (Debbie), Gordon (Bj), seven grandchildren, and two great grandsons. He moved to Sarasota, Florida in the early 1990's. A memorial service and reception will be held at Plymouth Harbor in Sarasota on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 3 PM. Please make a donation to Plymouth Harbor in lieu of flowers. Don will be loved and missed forever. Arrangements entrusted to National Cremation & Burial Society.

This is the obituary for director/writer/producer Don Wallace from 2015.  I don't remember that his death was reported.

The obituary does not mention his work as a writer on Loving, The Guiding Light and Love of Life.  He was executive producer of The Best of Everything and the serial Return to Peyton Place (both of which he collaborated with the late James Lipton). as a producer and director of From These Roots, and as a director of Search for Tomorrow.

I had not known of his musical background.

I had long wondered about the late writer Lou Shaw.   I see his name many nights as the creator of Quincy, M. E.

I learned this afternoon that he was once the husband of the late soap opera writer Peggy O'Shea, a wonderful writer (in my opinion) of One Life to Live and the serial Capitol.

I remember that Ms. O'Shea departed from One Life to Live saying that she would never write for a daytime drama again because the networks were too interfering. 

She also wrote for Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life.   She collaborated with her husband to write episodes of the primetime Peyton Place.

The show loved Ms. Millay.   The show was glad to repeat the Phoenix storyline in the 1897 time.   She was to return in 1971 before the cancellation announcement was made.  

I did not know that she had asked to be brought back for the 1897 time.    I do know that she played Kitty Styles #1 on The Secret Storm.  She did make plans to move to Rome, but I am not sure if she ever actually moved there.

She is my favorite actress from Dark Shadows, although I love Lara Parker also.

My understanding is that Shelly Burch (Delilah) was not well during much of her time on the show.   I think the show valued her but did not want to add much stress to her condition.

Thrke only one that I remember is the Diana Millay Fan Club.  She played Kitty Styles #`1 on The Secret Storm and Laura on Dark Shadows.    I tried to join, and the president (who seem to be a juvenile) wrote back to me and told me that the club has disbanned.    Ms. Millay had plans to move with her son to Rome.    I don't know if she ever re-located, but she was later living in the United States.  

I do not know much about the fans of David Gale (Father Mark Redin).

dc11786 mentioned the departure of the character Lily Slater.

The character later returned and was recast with Britt Helfer as Lily #2.   I certainly preferred this recast.

Does anyone know why Lily was written off the show and then returned with a recast?

Britt Helfer, in seems, was brought in as someone to tempt Jack and to cause a disruption in the marriage of Jack and Stacey.    Then, when that storyline concluded, the show again wrote off the character.

Somerset was also a popular name for a town at one time.

On The Edge of Night, when Laurie Ann was in danger of being kidnapped, the Karr family had her to go live with someone (out of danger) in Somerset.

Then, of course, Somerset was another town on the show Another World.   Sam, Lahoma, Missy and Rickey moved there (at the beginning of the spin-off show).   Later, Robert Delaney moved to Bay City from Somerset.

I have long thought that Somerset was originally to have aired on CBS and been a spin-off of the highly successful (in ratings) The Edge of Night.   This was before Where the Heart Is premiered on CBS.

However, I have since been told that the original plan was to spin-off Somerset from Another World.   But, it was a funny coincidence that Somerset was often mentioned (along with Capital City) a neighboring town of both Monticello and Bay City.

When this storyline began in late 1966 and spread over into 1967, the show was not producing storylines that extensively used supernatural elements.   The Laura Collins storyline excited the show's viewers, and, by the time it had concluded and the vampire storyline was introduced, more supernatural elements were allowed.

Actor Terry Logan (about whom I wish I could find some recent information) also played roles on A Flame in the Wind/A Time for Us, One Life to Live and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.   I had not known that he played Dr. Jackael, but I did know that he is credited with playing Dr. Len Whiting on Search for Tomorrow before the character was finally no longer appearing on Search for Tomorrow.

I believe that Mr. Logan was from Tangipoha Parrish, Louisiana (which was also the birthplace of soap opera writer Dorothy Purser) and was the son of the sheriff.

By the way, Anne Revere played the mother of Mr. Logan on A Flame in the Wind/A Time for Us.  (and also appeared on The Edge of Night and Ryan's Hope)

On a thread here (I think the One Life to Live thread) it was said that Jeffrey Byron was PROBABLY given his role on All My Children (Dr. Jeffrey Martin #5) after he had been written off One Life to Live as Richard Abbott #4.   And that Laura Carrington, after being written off One Life to Live, had been given a role on the serial General Hospital.

Another such example is the hiring on actress Julia Barr, who had been written off Ryan's Hope as Renee Szabo, becoming the second Brooke English on One Life to Live.

And, Steve Fletcher, after being written off One Life to Live as Brad Vernon #2, had roles on All My Children, Loving and Ryan's Hope.   (maybe not in that order)

It is too bad that the network did not have roles for some of the other performers who were written off Ryan's Hope at the same time that Ms. Barr was written off.

If I am not mistaken, Where the Heart Is and Love is a Many Splendored Thing also began in September.

It does not sound like the same place.   This was a club (possibly the Lawyers' Club?) with bookshelves and easy lounge chairs.  

One reason that I am not sure about its name is that Winston was not a lawyer.   I think that Phil was also there at times, and he was not a lawyer either.

Back in the 1960s, The Edge of Night had a set in which Mike would run into others - often Winston - and would discuss the current storylines.

I cannot remember the name of this club.    Can anyone else remember the name?

I wonder when this set was last used on the show.

Did As the World Turns also have such a club where Chris Hughes would go?