Fans say, “It’s the end of an era.”

On Thursday’s episode of the famous soap opera, a longtime cast member made their last appearance.

Six months after his death, Bill Hayes, 98, made his last TV appearance in an emotional scene with his on-and-off-screen wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes.

Fans have been watching Bill on Days of Our Lives since 1970, when his character Doug Williams was first introduced as a prisoner who also sang in a lounge.

He was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards, one in 1975 and one in 1976, for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series.

Bill played a regular part on the show until 1984. After that, he had recurring roles in 1986 and 1987, 1993, 1994, and 1996.

It was back in 1999 as a full-time cast member, but Dr. Marlena Evans, played by Deidre Hall, “killed him off” in 2004.

Bill married his on-screen wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes, in October 1974. Since 1968, Hayes has been known for playing Julie Olson Williams.

People thought they were one of the first “super-couples” on TV, and they are the only soap opera characters to have been on the cover of Time Magazine.

Later, Susan was on The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, and Sunset Beach, a soap opera that didn’t last long.

They wrote their autobiography together in 2005, which was called Like Sands Through the Hourglass.

A Lifetime Achievement Award was given to both Susan and Bill at the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2018.

THE LAST BOW
On Thursday, July 11, 2024, Bill made his last appearance on Days of Our Lives.

He had his last scene with Susan, who is both his TV and real-life wife.

In the moving scene, the couple talked about their life together and how much they love each other.

“Did I ever tell you how much I love you?” Sue, who played Julie, asked Doug, who played Bill.

TVLine said that Doug laughed and said, “Nope, you never did.”

“I was a different person now.” “I had to change to earn you,” Doug said.

“Oh, you made me feel great. “I think we’ve been good partners as well as a good team,” Julie said.

“We did a good job together with raising Hope,” he said.

“You’re a great dad.” “For someone who grew up in an orphanage, you’re really family-oriented,” Julie said.

“Never ever let anyone in this family down.” That’s right, you showed me the whole world.

“And after we had our little adventures, saw all the beauty of the earth, our love outlasted time,” she said.