This week, on Thursday’s episode of Days of our Lives, the long-running cleaning soap opera laid the character of Victor Kiriakis to relaxation, ten months after his portrayer, TV icon, John Aniston handed away.
Within the closing send-off, Victor’s family members collect for a casual funeral service simply outdoors the Kiriakis mausoleum. Justin (Wally Kurth) reveals that Victor can be interned subsequent to his beloved daughter, Isabella.
A number of returns for this emotional event made this further touching for DAYS viewers. In truth, a couple of of the actors that did return to the present, requested to be part of the memorial, due to their love and respect for his or her time sharing scenes with Aniston. These included: Rachel Melvin (Chelsea) and Jen Lilley (Theresa). As well as, John-Paul Lavoisier reprised his position as Victor’s son, Phillip Kiriakis, and Zach Tinker was again as Sonny Kiriakis.
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We’ve to say, it was Tinker, Melvin, and Lavoisier’s portrayed remembrances in the course of the service that really tugged on the heartstrings. Every of their characters shared a little bit of Victor’s historical past and his familial ties, in the end revealing the devastating heartbreak they felt along with his loss.
Then, there was Suzanne Rogers (Maggie). At present celebrating her fiftieth anniversary with the present, Rogers successfully depicted the ache of a grieving widow who misplaced her different half. When Sonny addressed Maggie on the funeral, and the love his uncle Victor had for ‘candy’ Maggie, it made many a longtime viewer attain for the hankies.
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Different characters who spoke or attended the memorial service included: Kate (Lauren Koslow), Alex (Robert Scott Wilson), Xander (Paul Telfer), Brady (Eric Martsolf), Rex (Kyle Lowder), Sarah (Linsey Godfrey), Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe), Brandon Beemer (Shawn), Martha Madison (Belle) and others. In truth, it was Justin, who captured a little bit of the essence of his uncle Victor, when he shared to the friends, “I’ll miss that meddling.”
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Following the service, there needed to be one undesirable arrival, proper? After the Kiriakis household returns to Victor’s mansion who ought to saunter in? That’s proper! Vivian Alamain, performed by the deliciously depraved, Louise Sorel.
So, what did you consider Days of our Lives’ memorial service for Victor Kiriakis, that concluded with a montage of memorable moments within the lifetime of Victor as performed by John Aniston along with his co-stars? Share your ideas within the remark part beneath. In case you missed it, take a look at You Tube’s Michael Fairman recent interview with Suzanne Rogers, the place she mentioned: shedding her on-screen associate, John Aniston, Victor’s demise, and what might come subsequent for Maggie, and extra.
