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FLASHBACK: Mother Daughter Relationships - An "Imitation of Life" on Daytime TV (Part 2)

On Love of Life, Meg Hart (Tudi Wiggins) had an affair with
business associate Rick Latimer (Jerry Lacy).  When Rick fell
in love with Meg's daughter (then, Deborah Courtney), it was the
start of a long-running storyline that nearly ended in tragedy.

Mother Daughter Relationships: An "Imitation of Life" on Daytime TV

The Soap Box
Vol. IV No. 1 January 1979

(continued from Part 1)

Certainly, Jill and Erica contradict the proverb from Ezekiel XVI:44, "As the mother, so is the daughter." One might have expected daughters like these from a mother like Meg Hart on Love of Life.

Meg had an affair with a business associate, Rick Latimer. When Rick fell in love with her daughter, Cal, it was the start of a long-running storyline that nearly ended in tragedy. Meg tried to undercut Cal and Rick's relationship, playing both sides against the middle. When that failed, she plotted a phony suicide attempt for their wedding day; her plan nearly backfired. Although Meg didn't die, she did succeed in forcing a postponement of her daughter's wedding. After the marriage took place, she continued to come on to Rick, and had nearly succeeded in separating them permanently before they reconciled and moved to Quebec.

FLASHBACK: Why did Addie Williams Have to Die on 'Days of our Lives'? (1974)

Bill Hayes and Patricia Barry as Doug and Addie Williams.

The character of Addie Horton Williams, Hope's mother, died on Days of our Lives in 1974 when she was struck by an oncoming car. Addie, played by soap veteran actress Patricia Barry, had been suffering from leukemia as well.

She was originally supposed to die during Christmas 1973.

Betty Corday, producer of Days, said, "What happens in daytime series is that the story dictates where we have to go."

Check out this classic Daytime TV article from 1974 that reveals more about why the character was written off the canvas.

Click the image to expand the article for easier reading.



EDITOR'S NOTE: Many thanks to Larry Manogue for his contribution to the We Love Soaps "Flashback" archives. Look for any others classics coming soon.