‘Days of Our Lives’ Deidre Hall Reflects on Losing Drake Hogestyn and Wayne Northrop Months Apart (Exclusive) originally appeared on Parade.
Days of Our Livesicon Deidre Hall (Marlena) lost two men she loved dearly last year. Drake Hogestyn (John) and Wayne Northop (ex-Roman) died within months of each other, shocking the soap community.
In an exclusive clip for Parade from the set of the new CBS podcast Soapy, hosted by Greg Rikaart and Rebecca Budig,Hall reflects on losing her dear friends. Northrop and Hogestyn were both her leading men on thehit Peacock soap.
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“A terrible loss. Drake was brought up short by that because it happened so quickly. And Wayne, Wayne, I hadn’t seen Wayne for about a year. We used to go up to the ranch, the kids and I. Two men so full of life. So full of adventure, and excitement, and joyous families. And to lose them both within months of each other, ridiculous,” she expressed.
Hall opened up about her co-stars, Martha Madison (Belle) and Eric Martsolf (Brady), gathering the Days of our Lives cast to do a walk for Pancreatic Cancer. The actress admitted the team made a ton of money for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN).
When speaking about the soap world, Hall expressed that it’s a “difficult medium,” but credited her “safety net” with Hogestyn for making it better.
“I call it working without a net. I would go out there with Drake and just think, you got me. I got you, you got me. Okay fine,” she revealed.
Hall revealed Northrop had a way of dealing with the fast pace, and that was to leave work at work.
“Wayne used to say, whatever happens, ‘when I leave here, NBC will be in my rearview mirror. We got it! It’s there! It’s in the can. We get to go home now,’” she said.
Listen to Hall’s full interview with Budig and Rikaart on the Soapy podcast, here.
Days of Our Lives airs weekdays on Peacock.
‘Days of Our Lives’ Deidre Hall Reflects on Losing Drake Hogestyn and Wayne Northrop Months Apart (Exclusive) first appeared on Parade on Jul 15, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
