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Agnes Nixon was NOT the only writer for All My Children. It was said that she sold the two soap operas (All My Children and One Life to Live) to ABC because One Life to Live needed some newer sets and they could not afford these.

Around the time of the stop smoking storyline, there were other guest stars. Some of them were singer/actress Judy Collins, Brooke Shields, and astrologer Aileen Cunningham.

Eileen Pollock, who was a writer for The Brighter Day, has passed away. She later wrote for the primetime serial Dynasty and was a co-creator of another primetime serial The Colbys.

Eileen Pollock, who was a co-headwriter of Love of Life, has died. She had suffered a stroke and died from complications.

She and her husband began writing the primetime serial Dynasty during its second season.

Eileen Pollock, who was a co-writer of The Doctors when that show had its highest ratings, has died at the age of 86. The cause of death was complications from a stroke.

I think that Myrtil should have been the mother of Gretel AND that Laura on General Hospital should have been been the daughter of Gretel. Myrtil's neice was Ceara, and the same actress played both Laura and Ceara (Genie Ann Frances). That Laura and Ceara looked so similar could have been explaned genetically had this story been written at the time.

Emily Squires, who wrote both Sesame Street and Guiding Light, has died.

Emily Squires, who wrote both Sesame Street and The Secret Storm, has died.

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!