He logged more than 2,000 episodes on the enduring soap opera. He also rode the Davy Crockett craze to a hit single in 1955.
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He and his wife taped their final scene together on “Days of our Lives" just weeks before he died.
“The last scene I got to play with him is about how much we love each other,” Ms. Seaforth-Hayes said in a phone interview, “and I was blessed with an opportunity to hover over the words ‘Have I ever told you how much I love you?’ And Doug answers, ‘No, you never did.’ That was something Billy and I would say frequently in life.”'
Mr. Hayes, who died last month at age 98, grew up in the south suburb and went on to a stage and screen career that spanned 75 years. He married co-star Susan Seaforth in real life and on the show.
During the service, they mentioned what high school he went to. The same one my dad went to
in Harvey, IL. My dad was a year younger than Mr. Hayes. Unsure if they crossed paths or not.
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