Days of Our Lives followers are seeing the final of Invoice Hayes as his character’s storyline involves an finish.
Six months after his demise, the late actor’s closing scenes on Days of Our Lives aired Thursday, July 11. Hayes first took on the position of Doug Williams in 1970 and continued on the cleaning soap opera all through his life, filming for the final time alongside his spouse and costar Susan Seaforth Hayes.
Within the episode, the fictional couple found their daughter Abigail should be alive and mirrored on their very own time collectively.
“First time I set eyes on you, I used to be misplaced,” Julie Williams (Susan) instructed her husband Doug (Invoice) within the episode. “Then, all of the trials we had, all these missed connections, after which I lastly gained the gold ring. And all of your songs have been for me. All of your passionate kisses have been mine.”
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Doug replied: “I had turn out to be a brand new man. I needed to change to deserve you.”’
Julie went on to inform Doug that he introduced out one of the best in her, complimenting his time as each a husband and a father.
“You’re an exquisite father,” she reminisced. “You realize, for a man who grew up in an orphanage, you’re fairly a household man. You by no means let anybody on this household down, not ever. You confirmed me the entire world, each continent. And after we had our little adventures, noticed all the fantastic thing about the earth, our love outlasted time.”
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The scene, which resulted in a candy kiss between the 2, tugged at followers’ heartstrings, as they watched the goodbye between on and offscreen lovers they watched for therefore lengthy.
Invoice is not going to seem on the daytime present once more, however later this 12 months, an episode will present the city of Salem gathering for his memorial.
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In January, a rep for Invoice — whose full title is William Foster Hayes III — introduced his demise on the age of 98. Just a few days later, Susan, 81, posted a message on Instagram thanking followers for his or her love.
“To all of you who honored my Billy with a phrase of remembrance, a way of private loss, or perhaps a tear- I thanks,” she wrote alongside a collection of picture sales space clippings of the pair after they have been younger. “You touched my coronary heart by seeing in him the goodness and pleasure I skilled each second of our fantastic marriage.”
She added: “Could all of us embrace life with the gusto of Invoice Hayes- and enrich it with grace and love ♥️ xx Susan”
The couple’s love story started on the set of Days of Our Lives after they shared an on-screen kiss in July 1970. 4 years later, in 1974, they tied the knot in actual life, and in 1976, their characters did too.
