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Charles “Chip” Dox, former production designer at art director on several of your favorite soap operaspassed away on August 15 at the age of 80.

Dox spent 17 years as a production designer at Days of our Lives winning his first Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Set Direction in 1997. It was DAYS he met his wife of 29 years, producer, Jeanne Haney. Dox and Haney were married after 10 years of working together and just celebrated 29 years of marriage.

Later, Chip moved to ABC, where he worked on Port Charles, the nighttime soap GH: Nightshift, and finally to General Hospital in 2005, where he received another Daytime Emmy in 2011, before his retirement in 2015.

Some of Chip’s most noticeable designs and set designs from General Hospital included: the current Nurses’ Station, Quartermaine family sets through the years, and several of the Nurses Ball sets.

Chip designed touring shows for some of the biggest musical acts in the world including: Elton John, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire and Jackson Browne. He also worked with Tracey Ulman on her sitcom Tracey Takes On, as well as the Lifetime comedy series, Oh Baby.

The beloved production designer is survived by his daughters Morgan Dox, Katie Segal, Hayley Dox-DaCosta, and stepdaughter Megan Younger and their families, granddaughters Rae Kim, Kiddo Dox-DaCosta, and grandsons Henry & Charlie Segal as well as a large extended family and friends.

Share your condolences for Chip Dox via the comment section below, and let us know if some of your favorite sets have been designed by the talented production designer over the years.

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Rest In Peace.Heaven knows we could use some of his talent now on Days.

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Days of our Lives enduring favorite, Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Simmons Horton Kiriakis), recently chatted on some of the high points and low points throughout her journey, as she looked back on 50 years on the long-running soap opera.

Rogers was interviewed by Michael Fairman on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel during a virtual discussion, which covered a lot of ground including: her debut as a young farm girl who couldn’t walk and on crutches, to becoming a Horton, to more recently, losing her beloved husband, Victor Kiriakis (the late John Aniston), and everything in between.

Suzanne first aired on Days of our Lives back on August 20th, 1973. Throughout her time, she has been “killed-off” the show, only to ultimately return nine months later, after it was revealed her on-screen ‘death’ was part of an overall PR stunt and story arc.

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Rogers has also had her real-life chronic autoimmune neuromuscular condition, myasthenia gravis, written it to the show, even though she was originally against it. She has been married on-screen to two of the more complex men in the history of the show, John Clarke (ex-Mickey) and John Aniston (ex-Victor). As well, through the years, Maggie learned that she had more children that she thought! In addition, Maggie is an alcoholic, who has been known to have her battles with the bottle throughout the years. It was her performance in Maggie’s original bout with alcoholism that won her the very first Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category back in 1979.

Here are just a few of Suzanne’s comments on some key subjects throughout her five decades on DAYS.

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On filming the recently aired scenes, where Maggie learns Victor has perished in a plane crash, and how it brought back emotions of John Aniston’s passing: “It was hard. I think right back to the memorial service (for John Aniston). That was a hard day. All I kept thinking in my mind is he’s not in any pain anymore. I kept saying that. So, I had to play the scenes. It was all surreal. It really was surreal. The fact that he was no longer gonna be there. There’s a tribute to him on the set. I just look at that all the time and I’m right there with him.”

When addressing her fears and concerns about being seen with myasthenia gravis, and being asked to come back to the show: “The producers, Al Rabin and Wes Kenny, said, ‘We would like for you to come back to the show.’ I said, ‘I think you ought to see me first.’ I just didn’t want to shock anybody. We met at Du Pars (coffee shop). It didn’t register on their face that I looked any different, but I did. I really did. They said, ‘We’ll work around you, whatever you need. If you need to come in at noon, that’s fine. We’ll put a sofa in your dressing room so you can lie down.’ (Fast-forward) Then, the audience started seeing me on camera. The first day I saw myself on camera, I turned off the TV, and I started crying. I thought, ‘Well, I guess God wants to see me, see myself like this. So, I put it back on and I forced myself to watch … and it didn’t look like me, to me. Then the audience, of course, got a hold of it, and they said, ‘What’s the matter with her? Is she drinking? What is wrong?’ So, they figured they had to write it (myasthenia gravis) into the show. I said, “Only if it has a happy ending, because I plan on beating this. That was the criteria that we went with – that they would write it in the show, but they had to have a happy ending.”

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When recalling being killed-off the show in 2003, after Marlena clubbed Maggie over the head with a whiskey bottle, only for Suzanne to return to the show months later: “I thought I was gone and then to see yourself 10 feet tall. I mean, it was at least 7 feet tall that (movie) screen. It was more than I could handle. I really thought that was the end. I thought, ‘Well, this is a big sendoff.’ Marlena hit her with a bottle and smashed her in. I thought, ‘Oh, my goodness gracious’. It wasn’t a pretty scene. And no, I didn’t know (I was coming back). I had brought my mother out here, and I had added on to my house, and I thought, ‘I’m going to lose this house.’ It wasn’t a joke, you know? But then, we were all brought back on April the first. Hello!”

On the audience reaction to Maggie becoming an alcoholic: “Well, I think the first time, I knew the audience right off the bat, hated it. They didn’t like the Maggie character getting soiled in any way. But it led to the Emmy!”

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On her working relationship with John Clarke (ex-Mickey): “Susan Flannery (ex-Laura) told me the very first day that I was on the show, ‘He’s (John) got to fall in love with you, or he can’t work with you.’ I said, ‘Oh, my.’ So, I remembered that in my mind. So, when we were off-stage, he would say, ‘Let’s go out to dinner.’ I said, ‘no’, because I knew Patty, his wife, and all of his kids. I just don’t mix business with pleasure. You just don’t. That’s just not a good thing. I thought, ‘Let’s just keep the two separate, and that’s what I tried to do.”‘

Make sure to check out watch our full conversation with Suzanne below.

Now let us know, what has been your favorite storyline of Maggie’s through the years? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

Peacock the exclusive home of Days of our Lives, announced on Tuesday that the annual fan fest, Day of Days, is returning this October for the 2023 edition of the event.

For the second year in a row, Day of Days will take place at L.A.Live. Circle Saturday, October 21st as the date where you can meet up close and personal the cast of the beloved soap opera.

Day of Days 2023 will take place in the newly-named Peacock Place, formerly known as Xbox Plaza, in downtown Los Angeles and part of L.A. Live.

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Plans call for the event to begin at 10am PT. It is free for everyone in attendance, and the day will include: autograph signings, a Q&A session with the cast, and special surprises.

Now, DAYS is officially it its 59th season, and renewed through its 60th season. So when you go to Peacock to watch all-new episodes streaming this week, make sure you are on the correct ‘season’ tab.

For more information about Day of Days 2023, visit the Days Facebook page and RSVP for the event at www.peacockdayofdays.com.

So, will you be attending this year’s Day of Days? Comment below.

Days of our Lives’ Arianne Zucker (Nicole) and Shawn Christian (ex-Daniel) have been together now for a decade, but as of yet had not revealed any wedding plans … that is until now! Circle 2024 for the nuptials!

Taking to her Instagram, Zucker shared: “This is it! The year we have all been waiting for!!!! We are finally planning our wedding! Ha! It’s our turn! There are no words to explain how incredibly kind, honest, honorable, giving, heartfelt oh and sexy this man is! Can’t wait to OFFICIALLY call you my husband…in another year…but still. Even though we’ve been together for 10 years…still can’t wait to call you my OFFICIAL husband! I love you @shawnchristian ❤️❤️❤️”

The duo met while filming at DAYS, and in 2021, the pair became engaged when Shawn popped the question to his longtime love.

Both Shawn and Arianne are involved in various projects including: Shawn as the new host of Outside Lake Tahoe for Lake Tahoe TV, and their joint project Aloha Life as life coaches.

Share your congrats to Ari and Shawn as they prepare for their wedding day in 2024 in the comment section below.

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