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Emily Squires, who wrote both Sesame Street and As the World Turns, has died.

Emily Squires, who wrote both Sesame Street and Search for Tomorrow, has died.

Actor Larry Hagman, who appeared on Search for Tomorrow, has died. He had complications from throat cancer.

Actor Larry Hagman (Ed Gibson) has died. He had complications from throat cancer.

It was Troy's son who was a rapper - not his brother. However, the son was dating the sister of Shelia. The two performers later married in real life. I imagine that Dorian and Carla were in a number of scenes together when Herb was running for governor and Ed was his running mate.

Han Suyin, who wrote the book on which the soap opera Love Is a Many Splendored Thing was based, has died. Below is a news article about the death from msn.com. 'Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing' author dies Renowned Chinese-born writer Han Suyin, whose autobiographical novel was turned into the popular American film "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", has died in Lausanne, Switzerland, Chinese and Swiss media said Sunday. She was 95. Han, the author of about 40 books on modern China, died Friday, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported, citing her family. The frail-looking and charismatic Han was branded both as a "Chinese revolutionary" in the West and "bourgeois" in communist China, with her work, often based on her own life straddling the two worlds. The thrice-married Han's numerous novels and essays, as well as her meetings with Indira Gandhi, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, earned her a worldwide reputation. The writer's biggest work was a five-volume autobiography, while other writings included biographies of Mao and Zhou, and a study on Tibet. She had been one of the few foreigners to be able to visit communist China in the early years of the regime. In a 1968 interview with France's Le Figaro newspaper, she said Mao was "the greatest man China has known". Born Matilda Rosalie Elizabeth Chow in Henan province on September 12, 1917, Han was the daughter of a Chinese railway engineer and his Belgian wife. She studied medicine in China before continuing her studies in Belgium in the 1930s and later in London. She later changed her name to Rosalie Elizabeth Comber and chose Han Suyin as a pen name. "Suyin" means ordinary voice in Chinese. She was criticised for supporting Chairman Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward in the 1950s and the later Cultural Revolution. Han's work as a nurse in China during the war against the Japanese occupation in 1938 stoked her patriotic feelings. She qualified as a doctor in London in 1948, meantime having a disappointing marriage with her first husband, Dang Baoyang, an anti-communist engineer. He was killed during China's civil war, after which Han abandoned medicine and started writing, in Chinese, English and French. She wrote "A Many-Splendored Thing" in Hong Kong based on her romance with British war correspondent Ian Morrison, who was killed in the Korean War in 1950. The book was adapted for the silver screen in 1955. She married a British anti-espionage specialist, Leon Comber, and worked as a doctor in Malaysia and Singapore, during which time she grew increasingly sympathetic with communism. She returned to China in 1956, when she was greeted with great fanfare by then premier Zhou. Having divorced Comber, she later married a third time, to Indian engineer named Vincent Ruthnaswany, with whom she had lived in Lausanne. Han frequently returned to China and in 1984 wrote a historical novel set in China and Switzerland, "The Enchantress". Funeral services for Han are planned for Thursday in Lausanne, the Swiss news agency ATS reported.

I think that Leigh Lassen would have been a good replacement for Jacqueline Courtney on Another World in the role of Alice.

She and Fran Sharon played best friends on The Edge of Night. Fran Sharon had played Janet on Search for Tomorrow. Nancy Pinkerton was wonderful. Her character, Beth Moon, was paired with Conard Fowlkes and, later, with Barry Newman. She was a teacher and best friend to Cookie.

I think that is right. I was thinking that it was her decision, just forgot the reason.

When you post ,"I wonder why Doris left OLTL?," I don't know if you mean Doris Quinlan or Doris Belack. Ellen Holly mentioned in her book that she and Al Freeman, Jr. learned of the impending outster of Ms. Quinlan at lunch when a performer from All My Children mentioned it. Doris Belack choose to leave the show, I understand. I am not certain, but it may have been mentioned that she felt that she had played one role for long enough. I cannot remember exactly, but One Life to Live found an excellent replacement when they cast Kathleen Maguire (from A World Apart) as Anna. I have long wondered why Ernest Graves left the show. Did he decide to leave, or did the show decide to replace him with Shepherd Strudwick?

Her mother (the late Margaret Hays) appeared on A Flame in the Wind.

I began watching Another World again (after having not watched it for probably five years) to watch the storyline in which Tracy Brooks Swope appeared. I remember her from Where the Heart Is, but I was not impressed. I was, though, when she appeared on Another World.

One year (1971 or 1972), The Edge of Night had very little mention of Christmas, and Dark Shadows never acknowledeged that it was Christmas in Collinsport.

I learned of the death of actor Larry Block. He died earlier this month. He played the friend of Sean Children, Mickey.

I preferred Cali Timmins in the role.

I never cared for the actor who played Powell. I preferred the actor who played Zach much more!

Tom and Gloria Marsh should have been paired and become neighbors of Ruth and Joe. With Mary Fickett or Lee Meriweather not being shown as much, she could have filled the role of the nurse at the hospital, while he could have remained a business owner. Of course, if that had not happened, I have long wanted Tom to have moved to Pine Valley with Skye. There, he would have been her confidant. He could have even been the father of Kelly and Paul - Dorian could have hated him in the same way that she hated Larry and Peter.

She mentioned that she had only loved Harry O'Neil.

I don't remember Donna and Jack. I do remember a scene in which Travis and Donna were in a car together and the car broke down. Donna said that nothing like this ever happened to her - only to Erica. There was also a pairing of Ross and Donna. He began dating Donna, and I think that the show was headed toward a Palmer-Donna-Ross triangle. (or, at least, a competition between father and son - Palmer and Ross). I remember Edna warning Ross to not hurt Donna because she had already had enough hurt. He dropped her, and he then became interested in Natalie. He later raped Natalie.

Yes, Tom and Donna became a couple for a VERY short period. They lived together. I think this was before she married Benny. Also, at one point (when Dorothy Lyman was playing Opal), Opal decided that she was going to get with Tom. This was ironic because Ms. Lyman and Richard Shoberg had played brother and sister on The Edge of Night.

I don't remember that Tom and Livia were in Washington, D. C., but it may have been that way. I do know that Paul Martin re-located to Washington, D. C. after he left Pine Valley.

I could not remember if Powell was the son or grandson of the first Powell. Thank you!

Richard Abott was the son of Victor's sister Gwendolyn Abbott. Powell Lord was the grandson (or possibly son) of the brother of Victor. I would not want to see other Lord relatives until all of the ones we know about were used. Dr. Dan Wolek was wasted so during the final decade. Tina also had two children who were not used to their fullest.

I had forgotten that Sarah and Meagan had a sister named Anna. Sarah and Cordero were paired. I wonder who Bo was seeing at the time. He may have been mourning over the death of Didi.

Sarah mentions the mother of the Gordon sisters as being alive. I wonder what happened to her?