DAYS: Current & Former actors live video tribute for Drake Hogestyn

[janea4old]

June 3, 2025 at 8pm Eastern (5pm Pacific) scheduled: Peter Reckell, Stephen Nichols, Mary Beth Evans, Eileen Davidson, Eric Martsolf, Martha Madison, Christopher Sean, George DelHoyo (Orpheus), Jason Cook (formerly ShawnD),  and Staci Greason (Isabella).

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[Wendy]

Wow, I love that current and former actors are participating in this. I barely recognize Staci Greason! She looks fine, just very different.

But I will be happy to hear anecdotes from her. I shipped RoJohn and Isabella hard back in the day, and I sobbed buckets in my dorm room at college when Izzy B passed.

Honestly, I'm interested in everyone's stories. Drake seemed like he was well loved among the cast.

[Khan]

I guess that's why I never could hate Drake Hogestyn or John Black so much that I wanted him off the show.  DH always came across (on screen and off) as the ultimate "team player," who never phoned it in or mistreated his colleagues or fans in any way.

[janea4old]

on now

[janea4old]

This was really amazing to watch.  

They said that a lot of stuff was filmed out-of-order, over a few weeks.

John's memorial service was filmed a few days before Drake died,
and then there was a prescheduled pause (the studio being dark for a haitus week).  So they got the news of his passing during the break.

But some of the recent stuff at John's bedside (such as his death) was filmed after that hiatus break, so not long after Drake died.

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I don't know how the actors got through it, especially Deidre.

They said regarding episodes airing week of June 9th stuff, it will seem less dark to viewers, as there were some (relatively)  lighthearted moments. (not giving spoilers here).  But I guess Drake was still alive when those scenes were filmed, even though they knew he'd pass soon.

Edited June 4 by janea4old

[janea4old]

Staci Greason was in Paris during this live tribute, which would have been in the middle of the night where she was. So Fairman arranged to pretape Greason earlier in the same day, and then spliced her part into the end of the video after the live feed, and it's all on the same youtube.

[DemetriKane]

Adds to my watchlist.

[Bright Eyes]

Jason Cook still looks so good. I miss him.