James E. Reilly, renowned head writer for Days of our Lives and Passions , passed away this weekend at the age of 60. According to Reilly’s agent and friend for over 25 years, Jonathan Russo, Reilly had been recovering from cardiac surgery when he died suddenly in the hospital. Prior to working on Days of our Lives from 1992 to 1997, Reilly served as head writer to Guiding Light from 1990 to 1992 in which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing, and worked as a staff writer for other daytime dramas prior to that, including The Young and the Restless and General Hospital .
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Legendary ‘Days of our Lives’ Scribe Dead at 60
Soap Opera News Posted On: October 16th, 2008
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