Drake Hogestyn concluded his time as John Black on the long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives” in a touching way. A rep for the show confirmed to People on Tuesday that Hogestyn, who tragically died from pancreatic cancer at age 70 on Saturday, starred in his final episode of “Days of Our Lives” on September 9.

Longtime “Days of Our Lives” star Drake Hogestyn, who played John Black for nearly four decades, has died at age 70.

If you've read through the beautiful tributes that the Days of Our Lives cast has written for Drake Hogestyn - and if you haven't, you can do so here - you know that if there was one thing he was more passionate about than playing the soap's Sturm und Drang,