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Site title: Marlena De Lacroix — Soaps for The Thinking Fan

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Marlena says: Who knows more about daytime soap opera than John K. Read, formerly known as John Kelly Genovese? I met John in 1978 when I was an intern to the late editor/columnist Jon-Michael Reed. John and I discovered a mutual interest in soaps and became fast friends. He invited me frequently to his home […]

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We soap fans love our performers because they come into our homes as our favorite characters for years. In short, fan favorites become members of our own families. When a member of our family passes away, we feel it deeply. Last week I reprinted a memorial column for Beverlee McKinsey (Iris, “Another World” and “Texas,” […]

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Browsing through my archive late last week, I ran across this piece of soap history that stopped me in my tracks: May 2 was the 18th anniversary of the passing of one of soap opera’s finest actresses, Beverlee McKinsey. This brought back a flood of memories and a few tears. Veteran soap fans will remember […]

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Gio (left) introduces Emma to his old pal Michael Thomas Scott I’ve been writing this column for decades on weekends but today I am having a lot of problems. A neighbor and close college friend named Marty, in the hospital with both cancer and heart problems, passed away early this morning. When we went to […]

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