The late actor approved of his character's death scene, which will air in an upcoming episode of the soap opera

We knew from the season trailer the show just released at Day of Days that John would be disappearing soon, and we figured that would explain his inevitable absence. But it sounds like we’ll be saying goodbye to John sooner than we think — because his ...

Days of Our Lives will say a more permanent goodbye to the late Drake Hogestyn’s character, John Black, with upcoming death and funeral scenes that the actor approved before he passed away. In a new interview with Soap Opera Digest,

Days of Our Lives Star Drake Hogestyn was able to approve and film the way his beloved character died on the Peacock soap before he passed away on Sept. 28. In a new interview, Executive Producer Ken Corday said he needed to explain to viewers why Hogestyn’s character,

John Black's death scenes were shot when Hogestyn was alive, and co-stars spoke out about filming them. The post Here’s How Drake Hogestyn Was Involved In Planning John’s Death On Days of our Lives ap

Before actor Drake Hogestyn died following a pancreatic cancer battle, he reportedly approved of his Days of Our Lives character also dying. “We were rolling the dice because it’s difficult to tell a story of someone’s death or a character’s death while the actor is still alive;

As a result, the site noted, the soap filmed John's passing before Hogestyn himself died on Sept. 28 after battling pancreatic cancer. Corday explained: We were rolling the dice,