When Soaps.com spoke with Alison Sweeney this week, she as well as all of us was still reeling from the loss of her longtime Days of Our Lives castmate Drake Hogestyn, who died of pancreatic cancer at age 70 on September 28.

Alison Sweeney and the Days of Our Lives family are mourning the loss of Drake Hogestyn, who died at age 70 from pancreatic cancer. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Drake Hogestyn,