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While I don't claim to have any inside knowledge (like some Bayview Sanitarium escapees on this board), it could be that Varni was behind PM return.  Valentini groomed (ahem) O'Connor and Van Etten on OLTL. PM always seemed to be something done by an executive at ABC not Valentini. But it's just my humble speculation. 

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Toups and other writer fans, I just compiled a list, from the WGA directory (which now lists members as deceased) and additional research, of all the Days writers in another thread. From that research, I learned of 20 more Days writers who have passed away.  For those who missed it, here it is:

"Days" Writer Directory via WGA Directory:

Sonja Alarr                   WGAW
Richard J. Allen             WGAW
Robin Amos                          NOT LISTED
Sheri Anderson             WGAW (Fi-Core)
Dorell Anthony                      NOT LISTED
James H. Arthur                    NOT LISTED
Jane Atkins                   WGAW
Richard Backus            WGAEast
James Baffico                        NOT LISTED
Anne Howard Bailey     WGAW (Deceased)
William J. Bell                          NOT LISTED  (Deceased)
Zak Berkman                 WGAEast
Alexandra Bleckner        WGAW
K0la B00f                                NOT LISTED
John P. Boruff                        NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Bettina F. Bradbury        WGAW  (Deceased) (Listed as Tina Karapetian)
Peter Brash                     WGAEast
Ethel M. Brez                  WGAW (Deceased)
Mel Brez                          WGAW (Deceased)
Lorraine Broderick         WGAEast
James Harmon Brown    WGAW (Fi-Core)
Jazmen Darnell Brown    WGAW
Linda Poindexter-Brown  WGAW
L. Virginia Browne          WGAW (Deceased)
Janet Brownell               WGAW                                
Don Buday                    WGAW (Deceased)
Jack Bunch                   WGAW (Deceased)
Linda Rosatti Campanelli WGAW
Darrel Campbell              WGAW
Ron Carlivati                   WGAEast
Francine Carroll              WGAW (Deceased)
Tom Casiello                   WGAEast
Rocci Chatfield               WGAW (Deceased)
David Cherrill                  WGAEast (Listed as C. David Colson)
M.D. Clark                     WGAW
Joanna Cohen                WGAEast
Mike Cohen                   WGAEast                                            
Wanda Coleman            WGAW (Deceased)
David Colloff                   WGAW (Deceased)
Andrea Archer Compton  WGAW
Lisa Connor                   WGAEast                   
Carolyn Culliton             WGAEast (Listed as Carolyn DeMoney Culliton)                            
Richard Culliton             WGAEast
Paula Cwikly                   WGAW (Fi-Core)
Michael Robert David      WGAW (Deceased)
Annamarie Davidson               NOT LISTED
Cheryl Davis                   WGAEast
Margaret De Priest         WGAW
Kirk Doering                  WGAW
Judith Donato                WGAEast
Rick Draughon               WGAW
Christopher Dunn          WGAW
Lacey Dyer                   WGAW
Charles Edwards                    NOT LISTED
Clem Egan                    WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)
Barbara Esensten        WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)
Brian Farrell                           NOT LISTED
Jacqueline Feather         WGAW
Mathilde Ferro               WGAW (Deceased)
Theodore Ferro              WGAW (Deceased)
Steven J. Fisher             WGAW        
Ruth Brooks Flippen      WGAW (Deceased)                                           
Jeanne Marie Grunwell Ford       WGAW (Fi-Core)
Norm Chandler Fox        WGAW (Deceased)
Jacqueline Frazier          WGAW
Barbara Garshman         WGAEast
Sofia Landon Geier         WGAEast
James Gentile                          NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Howard George                       NOT LISTED
Victor Gialanella             WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)
Charlotte Gibson           WGAEast (Listed as Charlotte Gibson Bauer)
Jamey Giddens             WGAEast      
Lawrence Gipe              WGAW
Stephen Glantz             WGAW      
Renee Godelia              WGAW
Susan Goldberg            WGAW
Ray Goldstone              WGAW (Deceased)
Marcia E. Greenlaw      WGAW (Deceased)
Josh Griffith                 WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)
Mary Gwynn                 WGAW
Alex Hadad                          NOT LISTED
Bob Hansen                   WGAW
Paul Harrison                 WGAW (Deceased)
Elizabeth Harrower         WGAW (Deceased) (Listed as Elizabeth H. Seabold)                                  
Bill Hayes                            NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Linda Henry                   WGAW
Dena Breshears Higley     WGAW (Fi-Core)                      
Mark Christopher Higley  WGAW (Fi-Core)
Janne B. Hiller                      NOT LISTED
Chuck Hirsch                        NOT LISTED
Randy Holland               WGAW                           
James Houghton            WGAW
Mona Houghton             WGAW
Janet Iacobuzio              WGAEast
Norman Jacob               WGAW (Deceased)
Sarah Jenkins                WGAEast           
C.L. Johnson                       NOT LISTED
Frederick Johnson       WGAW
Frances Joyce               WGAEast (Listed as N. Gail Lawrence)                 
Patricia Joyce                WGAW
Norman Katkov              WGAW (Deceased)    
Charlene Keel                WGAW (Deceased)    
Cydney Kelley               WGAW
Meg Kelly                      WGAW (Fi-Core)
Courtney Kirkpatrick     WGAW
Susan Kirshenbaum       WGAEast
Edwin Klein                           NOT LISTED (Deceased)                          
Jeanne Knowlton                 NOT LISTED
David Kreizman             WGAEast
Ted Kubiak                    WGAEast              
Carolyne Lacey                      NOT LISTED
Nina Laemmle                WGAW (Deceased)
Leah Laiman                    WGAW
Tom Langan                    WGAW
Mary Jeannett LeDonne  WGAW                                  
Kay Lenard                    WGAW (Deceased)
David Lesan                           NOT LISTED (Deceased)
David A. Levinson           WGAW
Morton Lewis                         NOT LISTED
William J. Lewis III         WGAW
Michelle Poteet Lisanti   WGAW (Fi-Core)                          
Roberto Loiederman      WGAW
Sherman C. Magidson            NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Ann Marcus                    WGAW (Deceased)
Leah Markus                 WGAW           
Jayne Martin                  WGAW
Rebecca McCarty          WGAW
Marlene Clark Poulter McPherson    WGAW (Fi-Core)
Carole A. Mendelsohn    WGAW
Beth Milstein                 WGAW
Erika Moore                           NOT LISTED
Molly/M.M. Shelly Moore  WGAW                
Sally Sussman Morina     WGAW (Listed as Sally Sussman)
Shawn Morrison              WGAW (Fi-Core)
Nichole B. Murphy                  NOT LISTED
Fran Myers                    WGA East (Fi-Core, no longer listed) (Listed as Frances Myers Newman)                      
Bruce Neckels               WGAW
Henry Newman              WGAW
John S. Newman            WGAW     
Stefanie Novik                WGAW
Rick Nusblatt                 WGAW
Laura Olsher                  WGAW (Deceased)      
Juliet Packer                  WGAEast (Listed as Juliet Law Packer)
Danielle Paige                WGAEast
Gene Palumbo                        NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Katherine Penders        WGAW
Maura Penders              WGAW            
Joyce Perry                   WGAW
Irna Phillips                              NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Peggy Phillips               WGAW (Deceased)
Donna Pizzi                   WGAW   
Joan Pommer                WGAW (Deceased) (Listed as Joan McCall)                                  
Meredith Post                WGAEast
Dorothy Ann Purser               NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Ryan Quan                    WGAW
Thom Racina                 WGAW
Jared Rappaport             WGAW                            
Samuel D. Ratcliffe                 NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Gordon Rayfield           WGAEast
Bill Rega                       WGAW (Deceased)
James E. Reilly            WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)
Peter T. Rich                 WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)
Kenneth M. Rosen        WGAW (Deceased)
Marjorie Rosen              WGAEast
Joyce Rosenblad           WGAW
Dave Ryan                    WGAW
Frank Salisbury             WGAW
Melissa Salmons           WGAEast
Linda Salzman               WGAW (Deceased)
Don Sanford                  WGAW (Deceased)     
Carol Saraceno            WGAW (Deceased)
Peggy Schibi                 WGAW           
Margaret Schneider        WGAW (Deceased)
Katherine Schock           WGAW
Anne M. Schoettle          WGAW                          
Jodie Scholz                  WGAW
Roger Schroeder            WGAW
Barbara Searles             WGAW (Deceased)
David Seidler                 WGAW (Deceased)
Lisa Seidman                WGAW
Hannah Shearer           WGAW
Hogan Sheffer              WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)
Stan Silverman                      NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Kate Simon                   WGAEast (Listed as Katherine H. Hall)
Michael Slade                       NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Alan Slasor                    WGAW                
Dwight D. Smith             WGAW
Pat Falken Smith           WGAW (Deceased)
Patrick Smith                       NOT LISTED
Elizabeth Snyder           WGAW (Deceased)
Dana Soloff                    WGAW
Gillian Spencer              WGAEast                            
Penina Spiegel              WGAW (Deceased)  
John M. Stannard           WGAW (Deceased)
Douglas Steinberg          WGAW
Robert Stevens                      NOT LISTED
Margaret Stewart           WGAW (Deceased)
William L. Stuart            WGAW (Deceased)
Judy Tate                       WGAEast
Maralyn Thoma              WGAW              
Darrell Ray Thomas Jr.   WGAW (Fi-Core)
Gary Tomlin                  WGAW (Fi-Core)
Anne Toole                               NOT LISTED
Tyler Topits                    WGAW
Jack Turley                    WGAW (Deceased)                                          
Lynda Tomes Vincent     WGAW
Allison Wait                              NOT LISTED
Addie Walsh                   WGAEast
Nancy Williams Watt     WGAEast
Carolyn J. Weston         WGAW (Deceased)  
Christopher Whitesell     WGAEast                                        
Carey Wilber                 WGAW (Deceased)       
Elizabeth Blake-Young               NOT LISTED
John M. Young                          NOT LISTED (Deceased)
 
Jason47 Note: For the 37 writers not listed in WGA files, 14 are known to be deceased and are listed as such. 
 
Of the 23 "not listed" writers, 15 have no info available. If anyone has any biographical details or can provide more info, please post!
 
Days Writer (Years with Days)
James H. Arthur (1979-1980)
Charles Edwards (1980-1981)
Brian Farrell (1987)
Howard George (1984)
Janne Hiller (1984) (Janne Goodman Hiller Seal, born 2/13/47, via public records)
Chuck Hirsch (1986)
CL Johnson (1985)
Jeanne Knowlton (1986)
Carolyne Lacey (1971) (Wrote the 1962 play "The Virgin's Victory")
Morton Lewis (1986)
Erika Moore (1984)
Nichole Murphy (1989)
Patrick Smith (1986)
Robert Stevens (1992-1993)
Elizabeth Blake-Young (1979)

 

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"DAYS" DIRECTORS VIA DGA DIRECTORY:
 
Unlike the WGA directory, which is helpful listing any members who are deceased, it looks like the DGA Directory stops listing members if they are no longer active or let their membership lapse. But, from doing this and additional research, I did update the memorial list with the deaths of Rick Bennewitz, Gordon Rigsby, Randy Robbins, John Sedwick and the first female "Days" director from 1965, Livia Granito.  I did confirm that John Desmond was born 12/28/21, but have not found any confirmation of his death, but if he is alive, he would be 102. The other 11 "not listed" directors (Baffico, Brinckerhoff, Denney, Evans, Greenlaw, Inman, Madeiras, Simon, Steinberg, Wyman and Zak) must have let their DGA membership lapse.
 
Jill Ackles                     DGA
Albert Alarr                   DGA
James Baffico                NOT LISTED
Joseph Behar                NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Rick Bennewitz              NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Sonia Blangiardo Goins   DGA
Peter Brinckerhoff          NOT LISTED                                                     
Shelley Curtis                DGA                                  
Mike Denney                 NOT LISTED
John Desmond               NOT LISTED
Richard Dunlap              NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Jerry Evans                   NOT LISTED
Kathryn Foster               DGA
Pamela Fryman             DGA
Christopher Goutman     DGA
Livia Granito                  NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Becky Greenlaw            NOT LISTED
Kenn Herman                NOT LISTED (Deceased)  
Roger W. Inman             NOT LISTED
Grant A. Johnson           DGA
Deveney Kelly                DGA
H. Wesley Kenney         NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Irving Lambrecht             NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Andrew Lee                   DGA
Gay Linvill                     DGA
William Ludel                DGA
Mary Madeiras              NOT LISTED
Noel Maxam                 DGA
Scott McKinsey            DGA
Anthony Morina             DGA                
Frank Pacelli                 NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Alan Pultz                     NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Al Rabin                        NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Gordon Rigsby               NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Randy J. Robbins           NOT LISTED (Deceased)                                                   
Richard Sandwick          NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Arlene Sanford               DGA
John Sedwick                NOT LISTED (Deceased)
David Shaughnessy       DGA
Susan Orlikoff Simon     NOT LISTED                                                            
Phil Sogard                   NOT LISTED (Deceased)
Herb Stein                    DGA
Roy B. Steinberg           NOT LISTED
Alison Sweeney             DGA
Angela Tessinari            DGA
Rudy Vejar                    NOT LISTED (Deceased)             
Karen Wilkens               DGA
Steven Williford              DGA
Stephen Wyman            NOT LISTED
Phideaux Xavier              DGA
John C. Zak                   NOT LISTED
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Steve Kent listed as Executive in Charge June 19, 2024 US episode.


Screencap from June 19 U.S. episode (which aired June 18 Canada)

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Screencap from June 20 US (which aired June 19 Canada)

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(in response to viewer question if he's still at DAYS, as his name was seen in the credits when the writers returned but hasn't been seen recently.)
https://twitter.com/Jamey_Giddens/status/1803889416819347850
Jamey_Giddens @Jamey_Giddens
June 20, 2024
I am. I returned to #DAYS shortly after the strike ended. I pulled double duty working on #DAYS and serving as Head Writer for the upcoming Season 8 of #SistasOnBET.


(in response to a tweet commenting: "How much longer do you have at DAYS? If I remember correctly, you were leaving when your contract was up but the writer's strike affected that. 
And I hope #TheGates have contacted you.")
https://twitter.com/Jamey_Giddens/status/1803895156749308296
Jamey_Giddens @Jamey_Giddens
June 20, 2024
I left briefly but came back. Very happy in Salem U.S.A. #DAYS

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