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Joe Colligan 6/24/56-7/30/24 (Ethan Reilly, 1987-1988; 43 episodes) (pictured in top photo with Arleen Sorkin as Calliope)

Diane Delano 1/29/57-12/13/24 (Olga; 1994-1995, 1997; 11 episodes; Hilda von Bingham, 2008-2009; 10 episodes)

Joyce Easton 12/30/30-7/1/24 (Janet Banning; 1968-1969; 40 episodes)

Lemoria English 9/5/51-9/15/24 (Stenographer, 1998-1999; 16 episodes) (no photo available)

Alan Haufrecht 4/3/41-8/17/24  (Dr. Matthew Dorman; 1993-1994; 7 episodes)

Recent deaths in the "Days" family:

Joe Colligan, who played the lovable police officer Ethan Reilly on "Days of Our Lives" for 43 episodes from 1987-1988 has passed away at 68. His death was reported in SAG-AFTRA Magazine's memorial list. Colligan's character Ethan was paired with Calliope after Eugene had left town.

Diane Delano, who played Olga on "Days" in the mid-1990's, involved in some hijinks with Vivian and Ivan, and later appeared as Hilda von Bingham for 10 episodes from 2008-2009 as an FBI agent guarding Sami at a safehouse, passed away on December 13 at the age of 67.

Joyce Easton, who played Janet Banning for 40 episodes on "Days" from 1968-1969 passed away on July 1 at the age of 93. On "Days", her character adopted Julie's son, David, changing his name to Brad.
 
Lemoria English, who played the Stenographer for 16 episodes during Sami's long murder trial in 1998-1999, passed away at the age of 73 on September 15.
 
Alan Haufrect, who played Dr. Matthew Dorman, a psychiatrist who helped Sami with her bulimia, for 7 episodes from 1993-1994, passed away at the age of 83 on August 17.
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I just learned of all of these this week, so that's why I was posting them together. Wasn't as a reminder. 4 were in the new SAG-AFTRA memorial list, and Diane just passed away. If I have time around the last few days of the year, I will do the yearly look-back of all those we lost in the Days family in 2024.

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Thank you! Always appreciate nice feedback. I know sometimes people hear about deaths that I had not heard about yet, so I wasn't sure if you knew of these or not beforehand. Actually, I just heard from Don Frabotta a few days ago, and it was he who told me about finding Joe Colligan in the memorial list, and he said Joe was a fun and lovely man to work with. So, thanks to Don, I then checked the full SAG-AFTRA memorial list and found those other names on the list, besides Diane Delano, whose obit was recently posted on Deadline.

For any fans of Don, he is doing well. Was a nice surprise to hear from him!

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