Drake Hogestyn, a fixture on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” has died at 70 from pancreatic cancer. For nearly 40 years, he starred as John Black.

Mr. Hogestyn was best known for playing John Black on the daytime soap opera and appeared in more than 4,200 episodes over 38 years.

Longtime "Days of our Lives" actor Drake Hogestyn died at 70, following an "unbelievable fight" against pancreatic cancer.