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\n\tBill Hayes<\/a>, a longtime star of the NBC cleaning soap opera \u201cDays of Our Lives<\/a>,\u201d died Friday on the age of 98.<\/p>\n \n\tHayes performed the character of Doug Williams on the daytime serial since 1970, 5 years after the present\u2019s debut. He met his real-life spouse, actress Susan Seaforth, on the sequence set within the fictional Illinois city of Salem. <\/p>\n \n\tHayes and Seaforth have been married in 1974. Two years later, their characters have been married on the present. The similar 12 months, the pair additionally appeared on the quilt of Time journal in a canopy story on the recognition of daytime soaps.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI have known Bill for most of my life and he embodied the heart and soul of \u2018Days of our Lives,\u2019 \u201d mentioned government producer Ken Corday. \u201cAlthough we are grieving and will miss him, Bill\u2019s indelible legacy will live on in our hearts and the stories we tell, both on and off the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHayes\u2019 character was one of many longest-running characters on the cleaning soap, now produced by Sony Pictures TV. As pillars of the present, the couple confronted quite a few trials, starting from Doug\u2019s deranged ex-wife, an exploding oven and quite a few serial killers. <\/p>\n \n\tHayes earned two Daytime Emmy nominations for his work on the present in 1975 and 1976. Hayes and Seaforth-Hayes earned lifetime achievements award from the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2018.<\/p>\n \n\tHayes\u2019 profession started within the early days of community TV in 1949 when he starred on Olsen & Johnson\u2019s \u201cFireball Fun-for-All\u201d and later labored on Sid Caesar\u2019s \u201cYour Show of Shows.\u201d<\/p>\n