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1986: Bobby was alive and well on Dallas; his death was a dream.

1994: All My Children's Erica visited her mother's grave.

1995: Another World's Grant shot his brother, Ryan, in the back.

1997: Days of our Lives recast the role of Jack...in a shower."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1938: Radio soap opera Houseboat Hannah premiered on the NBC Red Network. Hard working Dan O'Leary, who lost an arm in a factory accident, moved his financially strapped family aboard a house boat in Shanty Fish Row on San Francisco Bay.

Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two Breakin’ movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65.

Dubbed “hip-hop’s first matinee idol” by Dance Magazine, Quiñones died late Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, his publicist, Biff Warren, noted that the dancer had tested negative for Covid-19, but “the next day he’s dead. It opens up all kinds of questions.”

Raised in a housing project in Chicago, Quinones was ...

Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two Breakin’ movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65.

Dubbed “hip-hop’s first matinee idol” by Dance Magazine, Quiñones died late Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, his publicist, Biff Warren, noted that the dancer had tested negative for Covid-19, but “the next day he’s dead. It opens up all kinds of questions.”

Raised in a housing project in Chicago, Quinones was ...

1986: Bobby was alive and well on Dallas; his death was a dream.

1994: All My Children's Erica visited her mother's grave.

1995: Another World's Grant shot his brother, Ryan, in the back.

1997: Days of our Lives recast the role of Jack...in a shower."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1938: Radio soap opera Houseboat Hannah premiered on the NBC Red Network. Hard working Dan O'Leary, who lost an arm in a factory accident, moved his financially strapped family aboard a house boat in Shanty Fish Row on San Francisco Bay. Resourceful and resolute Hannah O'Leary became...

Joni Sledge, who with her sisters recorded the world-famous song “We Are Family,” has died, her representative said on Saturday. Sledge was found dead in her home by a friend in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, Sister Sledge‘s publicist, Biff Warren, said. A cause of death has not been determined. He said she had not been […]

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Joni Sledge, who with her sisters recorded the defining dance anthem “We Are Family”, has died, the band’s representative says. She was 60. Sledge was found dead in her home by a friend in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, the band’s publicist, Biff Warren, said Saturday. A cause of death has not been determined. “On yesterday, […]...