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Invoice Hayes, a mainstay on the NBC cleaning soap opera “Days of Our Lives” for over 50 years, has died. He was 98.
The actor’s passing was confirmed in an electronic mail on Saturday to CNN from his agent Gregory David Mayo, who stated Hayes died “peacefully” on Friday morning “surrounded by household together with his spouse, Susan Seaforth Hayes.” No reason for loss of life was supplied.
Hayes performed Doug Williams on “Days,” husband to Julie Williams, who’s performed on the present by his real-life spouse Seaforth Hayes. His character was additionally father to Hope Williams (Kristian Alfonso) – one half of the legendary “Days of Our Lives” supercouple Bo (Peter Reckell) and Hope.
Hayes first appeared on the daytime cleaning soap opera in February 1970, happening to seem in over 2,100 episodes of the present. His final look as Williams was on the December 22 episode final month.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we share the passing of our beloved Invoice Hayes,” the present wrote in a press release to CNN on Saturday. “One of many longest working characters on Days of our Lives, Invoice originated the function of ‘Doug Williams’ in 1970 and portrayed him repeatedly all through his life. He and his spouse, Susan Seaforth-Hayes, remained the inspiration of the Williams-Horton household spanning greater than 50 years.”
“Days” govt producer Ken Corday shared, “I’ve identified Invoice for many of my life and he embodied the center and soul of ‘Days of our Lives.’ Though we’re grieving and can miss him, Invoice’s indelible legacy will stay on in our hearts and the tales we inform, each on and off the display.”
Different tv credit for Hayes embody “Matlock” and “Frasier.” Within the Nineteen Fifties and 60s, he additionally appeared in TV films of fashionable musicals “Kiss Me, Kate” and “As soon as Upon a Mattress,” and in addition performed John Brooks within the 1958 TV film “Little Girls.”
“Invoice Hayes meant the world to me – he’s merely the very best that an individual might ever hope to be,” Mayo added in his assertion. “He was not solely a shopper, however a trusted pal and mentor. Invoice will certainly be missed.”