On this date in...1957: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Dalton refused Mike's resignation then argued to him that leaving would be more of a disservice to the public than to Dalton himself.
1966: ABC's A TIME FOR US (formerly A FLAME IN THE WIND) aired its last episode. Jane Elliot, Conard Fowkes and Margaret Ladd were among the stars.
1968: David Selby debuted on DARK SHADOWS as Quentin Collins. Terry Crawford also aired for the first time as Beth Chavez.
1983: On FALCON CREST, a clause was found by Chase in his grandfather's will that gave him the legal right to get rid of Angela from Falcon Crest.
1986: Douglas Lambert (Eddie Weeks, GENERAL HOSPITAL) died of complications due to the AIDS virus at age 50.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Ben Cross (ex-Barnabas, DARK SHADOWS) - 64
Larry Poindexter (ex-Justin, SANTA BARBARA; ex-Ben, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Greg, A NEW DAY IN EDEN; ex-Asher, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 52
Melanie Smith (ex-Emily, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Celia, MELROSE PLACE) - 49
Florencia Lozano (Téa, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 42
Daniel Cosgrove (ex-Scott, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Chris, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Bill, GUIDING LIGHT) - 41
LaChanze (ex-Yvette, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 40
Paul Leyden (Blake, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Simon, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 39
Jack Krizmanich (John, PASSIONS) - 33
Scott Bailey (ex-Sandy, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Stan, UNDRESSED) - 33
Krysten Ritter (ex-Kay, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 30
Amanda Setton (Kim, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; Penelope, GOSSIP GIRL) - 26
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Oh my,
ReplyDeleteI do remember Douglas Lambert as Eddie Weeks on GH!
RIP, Dear Douglas!
Brian :-)