DAYS: The Living Dead

[Dr. Chip]

The real question is, Who in Salem has not been presumed dead at least ONCE in their lifetime? Here's a rundown of who HAS been presumed dead at one time or another (and I'm sure I'm missing some). Stefano takes the lead with 7 faked deaths; second place goes to Roman with 6 faked deaths; and Marlena follows Roman with only 5 faked deaths.

Alice Horton -- 1 (Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Tommy Horton -- 1 (MIA during Korean War -- had amnesia)

Mickey Horton -- 1 (Venezuela -- death faked by Stefano DiMera)

Maggie Horton -- 1 (Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Doug Williams -- 1 (Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Hope Brady -- 3 (explosion over vat of acid while being held by Ernesto Toscano -- Stefano captured her and held her captive; avalanche -- Jude St. Clair captured her and held her captive; gunshot wound -- the real Hope was locked away with Stefano in Princess Gina's castle)

David Banning (Julie's son) -- 1 (car accident -- was living on the other side of town with the Grant family)

Laura Horton -- 1 (sanitarium fire -- was hiding out with Vivian Alamain)

Caroline Brady -- 2 (Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera; from the tsunami to the castle -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Roman Brady -- 6 (explosion -- Roman faked his death to go undercover and smoke out the Salem Slasher; Stefano's island -- death faked by Stefano DiMera, who held him captive for seven years; another faked death -- Roman again went undercover when working against the Torres crime family; another death -- death faked by Stefano DiMera, who allowed Kristen to bring Roman home to interrupt John and Marlena's wedding; Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera; from the tsunami to the castle -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Anna DiMera -- 1 (drowning -- Anna faked her own death and ended up working for Stefano)

Kate Roberts -- 1 (plane crash -- Kate was presumed dead while trying to escape from a fishing boat for a year)

Abe Carver -- 1 (Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Lexie Carver -- 1 (Salem tunnel -- death faked by a DiMera) (2 if you count the fake death when she was "murdered" by Bo in order to trap Larry)

Victor Kiriakis -- 3 (shooting -- Victor faked his death, hid out in Mexico, and was captured and imprisoned by Stefano; Melaswen -- after Jan Spears and Nicole tried to kill him, his death was actually faked by Tony DiMera; from the tsunami to the castle -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Chelsea Brady -- 1 (stillbirth -- death faked by Tony DiMera, or at least he knew about it ... who knows how or why?)

Shane Donovan -- 1 (explosion -- had amnesia and spent time with Rebecca Downey)

Steve Johnson -- 1 (poisoning -- "killed" by Lawrence Alamain, but Stefano DiMera [or E.J., go figure, and who knows how or why?] captured him and brainwashed him)

Marlena Evans -- 5 (explosion -- death faked by Orpheus; plane crash -- death faked by Stefano DiMera, who captured her and held her captive in a coma for four years, although during that time she was able to give birth to Roman and Kate's twins, Cassie and Rex; exorcism -- death faked by the devil; Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera; from the tsunami to the castle -- death faked by Tony DiMera)

Jack Deveraux -- 3 (Melaswen -- death faked by Tony DiMera; from the tsunami to the castle -- death faked by Tony DiMera; recaptured with Jennifer lookalike Madison's help -- back to the castle with Tony DiMera)

Tony DiMera -- 4 (Aremid suicide -- it was his cousin, Andre; Melaswen -- faked his own death; tsunami -- faked his own death and fled to the castle; the castle -- faked his own death and played war games in Iraq)

Stefano DiMera -- 7 (jailhouse death -- faked his own death during Renee's visit; drowning -- faked his own death after escaping the Salem Concert Hall and ending up in the Salem River with Alex Marshall; shooting and fire -- faked his own death after being shot by Marlena and falling into a fire at the Salem Ice Show; fire -- faked his own death in Mexico after losing the coveted codices to John and Roman; explosion -- faked his own death in Salem in order to frame John and force Kristen to marry Tony; Monte Carlo car accident -- faked his own death, even though Tony had the ashes in an urn; Melaswen corpse -- faked his own death, even though Tony kept his "corpse" in an office on his island)

[KevC1980]

Add Jennifer to the list, sometime when stephanie cameron is was in the role...

[Keith]

You missed at least one of Stefano's -- when Rachel Blake shot him in the Paris underground, they were both presumed dead.

[Andre]

In 2001, Victor faked his death during the Coronation Massacre after he was shot; I forget why, but Phillip was in on it, and he haunted Kate.

[aMLCproduction]

Lucas?

Austin?

Carrie?

Billie?

[Cheyenne]

Nicole

Brady

Belle

Philip

Will

Eric

Rex

Mimi

Patrick

Stephanie

Max

Frankie

Shawn

[daysfan]

Wasn't Hope thought to be dead during the whole Melaswan fiasco too? After what happened with Patrick?

I think Billie was thought to be dead during that time too. Kate came to Lucas in 2004 and said she died on a mission or something? I'm unsure.