Overview

• On June 2’s episode, John Black succumbed to injuries sustained in a lab explosion while rescuing Bo Brady.
• Executive producer Ken Corday conceived the character’s death months after Hogestyn’s final appearance with the actor’s blessing obtained before his passing.
• The production employed a fully bandaged body double to portray John Black’s final moments in lieu of the absent Drake Hogestyn.
• Deirdre Hall called filming the farewell episode the “hardest day ever” as Marlena Evans delivered a tearful goodbye to her on-screen husband.
• Peter Reckell described the memorial scenes as deeply difficult because his character’s grief echoed his personal loss of Hogestyn.