A beautiful tribute is happening on Days of Our Lives, blurring the line between art and real life.
In 1970, the characters of Julie Olson and Doug Williams met on the long-running soap series, played by Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes. The two met in real-life and fell in love, resulting in a marriage lasting 50 years, until his death earlier this year.
Now, Susan is paying tribute to her late love, in real life and on the series.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Being without Bill is quite a change,” she said in an interview with Variety.
“I really appreciate what the producers have done to honor him — to allow me to give pretty much the same eulogy [on the show for Doug] that I gave [Bill] at our church. I certainly didn’t expect that. He deserved to be lifted up, and I was so, so pleased that [his death] wasn’t just passed over as something that happened off stage.
In 1970, the characters of Julie Olson and Doug Williams met on the long-running soap series, played by Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes. The two met in real-life and fell in love, resulting in a marriage lasting 50 years, until his death earlier this year.
Now, Susan is paying tribute to her late love, in real life and on the series.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Being without Bill is quite a change,” she said in an interview with Variety.
“I really appreciate what the producers have done to honor him — to allow me to give pretty much the same eulogy [on the show for Doug] that I gave [Bill] at our church. I certainly didn’t expect that. He deserved to be lifted up, and I was so, so pleased that [his death] wasn’t just passed over as something that happened off stage.
- 11/3/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Life imitated art in the most beautiful of ways when, in 1970, the characters of Julie Olson and Doug Williams met on “Days of Our Lives,” and their real-life counterparts, Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes fell in love and lived happily ever after, in a marriage that last 50 years, until his death earlier this year. Now, “Days” and Seaforth Hayes will be paying tribute to the man who once sang to both Julie and Susan that they are “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.”
“Being without Bill is quite a change,” Seaforth Hayes tells Variety. “I really appreciate what the producers have done to honor him — to allow me to give pretty much the same eulogy [on the show for Doug] that I gave [Bill] at our church. I certainly didn’t expect that. He deserved to be lifted up, and I was so, so pleased that [his death] wasn’t just passed over as something that happened off stage.
“Being without Bill is quite a change,” Seaforth Hayes tells Variety. “I really appreciate what the producers have done to honor him — to allow me to give pretty much the same eulogy [on the show for Doug] that I gave [Bill] at our church. I certainly didn’t expect that. He deserved to be lifted up, and I was so, so pleased that [his death] wasn’t just passed over as something that happened off stage.
- 11/2/2024
- by Rosemary Rossi
- Variety Film + TV
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