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William Foster Hayes III (June 5, 1925 – January 12, 2024) was an American actor and recording artist. His song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" hit the top of the Billboard charts between March and May 1955. Following a successful career as a musician that began in the late 1940s, Hayes began to focus on dramatic acting parts in the late 1960s ...
Jan 13, 2024 · CNN — Bill Hayes, a mainstay on the NBC soap opera “ Days of Our Lives ” for over 50 years, has died. He was 98. The actor’s passing was confirmed in an email on Saturday to CNN from his agent...
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Jan 13, 2024 · Bill Hayes, a longtime star of the NBC soap opera “ Days of Our Lives ,” died Friday at the age of 98. Hayes played the character of Doug Williams on the daytime serial since 1970, five...
Jan 12, 2024 · Bill Hayes, the actor and singer who with his real-life wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes, starred on NBC’s Days of Our Lives as the beloved first couple of daytime television, died Friday in Los...
Jan 13, 2024 · The actor played Doug Williams on the soap opera for more than 2,000 episodes and married his co-star Susan Seaforth in real life. He also had a hit song with \"The Ballad of Davy Crockett\" and appeared on Broadway and other shows.
Jan 25, 2024 · Bill Hayes, an actor and singer whose 2,141 episodes of “Days of Our Lives” over five and a half decades constituted the daytime drama version of an ultramarathon, and whose top-selling 1955...
Jan 13, 2024 · Bill Hayes played Doug Williams on the NBC soap opera since 1970 and married his co-star Susan Seaforth in 1974. He earned two Daytime Emmy nominations and a lifetime achievement award for his work on the show.
