Perhaps Aunt Katherine was Nora's daughter, though she was probably the sister of Liz and Roger's mother.

Richard Garner became one of the never seen but occasionally mentioned after 1967.

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I have lived in NY my whole life, first The Bronx and then Queens.  There was a lot of crime back in the 70's and 80's and places like Times Square back then weren't  places youwent alone, especially at night, it was a far cry from the Disney like athmosphere today..  You couldn't take the IRT subway after 10pm, especially to the Bronx.  I was in college in the mid 80's and didn't have a car, which meant I couldnt go anywhere in Manhattan at all for the nightlife.

I remember a situation in Chelsea in the late 80's where a couples phone did not work and the husband went outside to use the pay phone and was shot and killed.  That was the type of threats faced by New Yorkers.

 If DS was on for like 15 years or more or even to the present, it most likely would not resemble anything at all like it was originally.

Can you imagine that there would be recasts of beloved characters over the years as other soaps have gone through? (4 Roger's, 3  Liz's, 6  Carolyn's, 11 David's, 9 Amy's, etc)  How many more illegitimate  brothers or sisters would Roger or Liz aquire?  Or sons and daughters, ex-lovers, unknown ex-wives, etc for other characters.  They would have two or more new families in town with no supernatural connections.  The supernatural theme would have faded over time and the show becomes more generic soap opera like.  It most likely would never have been syndicated at all as it was still on the air and the early shows would have been largely forgotten and never seen perhaps till the internet came around and then the first five years as a whole would probably never be broadcast or for sale.  The two movies would still be around though of course.  Not likely a 1991 or 2004 remake.

Don Knotts played wheelchair bound Wilbur Peabody, whicgh was his only dramatic role I think.  His sister Rose Peabody took care of him as was played by three actresses in a relatively short time.

I read on one of my DS Yahoogroups that he passed away this morning at 6:15am.  It's sad as his wife died about two weeks ago.

I had lunch at the Tarrytown hotel and got food poisioning later on, it also took forever to get the bill.