Remembering Bill Hayes: A Tribute to the ‘Days of Our Lives’ Star 

The US actor Bill Hayes, who starred in the soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ for more than 5 decades,

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He has died at the age of 98.

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He 1st played the role of Doug Williams in 1970

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And also met his wife, the actress Susan Seaforth Hayes, while filming the serie

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Last June, he celebrated his 98th B’day on the set of the American daytime soap.

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The cause of his death has not been revealed.

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Born William Foster Hayes III in Harvey, Illinois, in 1925,

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Hayes started his career as a musician and had a hit with The Ballad of Davy Crockett.

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