FILE - Mary Beth Evans, left, and Drake Hogestyn present the award for outstanding daytime talk series host during the 50th Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Los Angeles. Hogestyn, who played John Black for nearly four decades, has died from pancreatic cancer at age 70. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

FILE - Actors Deidre Hall, left and Drake Hogestyn of the TV series "Days of Our Lives" appear during the 48th Monte Carlo television festival in Monaco on June 8, 2008. Hogestyn, who played John Black for nearly four decades, has died from pancreatic cancer at age 70. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

FILE - Actors Drake Hogestyn, left, and Deidre Hall, from the daytime series "Days of Our Lives," pose during the 48th Monte Carlo television festival in Monaco on June 10, 2008. Hogestyn, who played John Black for nearly four decades, has died from pancreatic cancer at age 70. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)