Don MacLaughlin of Soap Opera Dies
Don MacLaughlin, one of the two original cast members of the television soap opera, “As the World Turns,” has died after a brief illness.
MacLaughlin--a pioneer radio character actor--was 79 when he died May 28 at his daughter’s home in Goshen, Conn., said Dina Siegel, a spokeswoman for the CBS television program, which is produced in New York.
For 30 years he portrayed attorney Chris Hughes in the daytime drama. With Helen Wagner, who portrays Nancy, his wife, he premiered the program April 2, 1956.
Two months ago, the program celebrated its 30th anniversary, with a feature devoted to the Hughes’ 50th wedding anniversary. Siegel said the prerecorded show will weave Hughes’ death into subsequent scripts.
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