John Black and Marlena Evans are one of daytime TV's all-time favorite couples. The fictional Days of Our Lives duo, played by the late Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall, respectively, were first introduced on the show in 1986,

Deidre Hall’s Dr. Marlena Evans continues to be one of the most beloved characters on the long-running soap opera, Days of Our Lives. But there was a time in the past when she had to leave the show. Her brief absence left many wondering,

Deidre Hall is speaking out about the late Drake Hogestyn, the man she starred alongside for decades on Days of Our Lives. Hogestyn, who portrayed John Black opposite Hall’s Marlena, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer.