Hall and Hogestyn shared the screen together on the daytime drama for decades as fan-favorite couple Marlena Evans and John Black.

Deidre Hall is speaking out about the late Drake Hogestyn, the man she starred alongside for decades on Days of Our Lives. Hogestyn, who portrayed John Black opposite Hall’s Marlena, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer.

Days of Our Lives icon Deidre Hall is breaking her silence on the loss of longtime friend and TV husband Drake Hogestyn.