John Black will die on Days of our Lives. Recently, viewers learned the news that Drake Hogestyn was involved in planning his character’s death while he fought cancer. Stephen Nichols, Mary Beth Evans, and Ken Corday, the soap’s executive producer ...

Days of our Lives star Deidre Hall (Marlena) teared up while remembering Drake Hogestyn (John) during the hit Peacock soap’s 59th-anniversary celebration. Deidre and the rest of Drake’s Days family were rocked to their core following his passing in September from pancreatic cancer.

“I loved him so. Marlena loved him so. They loved each other so,” she described. Hall added that sometimes, when she’s on set, she realizes that John Black is not there, and a moment later, reality hits as she says to herself, “Oh my Gosh

In spite of hard times, Hall encourages the "Days" audience to "stick with us, we're always going to be your family."