Soap opera fans, a sad day...

[Archae]

Frances Reid has died.

NEW YORK -- NBC says Frances Reid, who played matriarch Alice Horton on "Days of Our Lives" for four decades, has died in Los Angeles. She was 95.

http://www.wisn.com/entertainment/22466784/detail.html

[Iggo]

1. 95? Good god damn, woman! way to go, Ms Reid!!

:applause:

[Pool Hall Ace]

2. Hey, that was a good, long run, Ms. Reid.

My late mom was a "Days" fan from its inception, so I'm familiar with Alice Horton! :applause:

[applegrove]

3. I loved her. She was a rock.

[Kat45]

4. Oh wow! Though I'm not that surprised because she hasn't been in it for ages

It had gotten to the point that she was in it only occasionally, but for quite some time she hasn't been on at all. She still gets mentioned quite a bit: someone will mention going to see Gram (or is it Gran, I forget).

I wonder if they will do anything in the story about the character dying. It would not be a good time storyline-wise right now because they just killed off her son, Mickey Horton. But I can't see them continuing to mention her, or stopping mentioning her altogether.

[revolution breeze]

5. "Like sands through and hour glass,

so are the days of our lives." I remember that opening even though I haven't watched the show in 15 years. I got hooked when I was in second grade and had pneumonia. Even when I went back to school I would come home and ask my mom what had happened on the show that day.