‘Days of Our Lives’ Veteran Drake Hogestyn Dies at 70

DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Drake Hogestyn, 1990s, 1965- .
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Drake Hogestyn, the actor behind Days of Our Lives mainstay John Black, has died at age 70.

His family shared the news on Instagram on Saturday, September 28, announcing he had died earlier that day — one day before his 71st birthday — following a battle with pancreatic cancer.