Bill Hayes, the actor and singer, died Friday in Los Angeles, according to a spokeswoman for the show. He was 98.
Credit cumpleanos
Hayes played the beloved first pair of daytime television on NBC's Days of Our Lives with his real-life wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes .
Credit soap opoera
Prior he was known as a soap opera legend
Credit soap opoera
Hayes was a regular on Sid Caesar's legendary live television variety show Your Show of Shows.
Credit Getty
He had the No. 1 hit in America in 1955, "The Ballad of Davy Crockett."
Credit hartlee
In addition, he shared a nightclub performance with future Brady Bunch star Florence Henderson.
credit vecteezay
They were known as "The Singing Sweethearts" and sang about Oldsmobiles in television advertising, with several of them performing live.
Credit daysofourlives
In February 1970, Hayes joined Days of Our Lives to play con artist/lounge singer Doug Williams.
credit cumpleanos
Seaforth Hayes, who played the spoiled heiress Julie Olsen Banning Anderson Williams, had joined the cast of the programme 15 months before.
getty credit
The performers married on October 12, 1974, and their characters married (for the first of three times!) on October 1, 1976, in an episode that aired on October 1, 1976.
Credit variety