On this day in 1971, A World Apart aired its final episode on ABC. The network canceled the show after a little over a year. Airing opposite the popular CBS soap opera, Search For Tomorrow, it never stood a chance. Notable castmembers include Susan Sarandon, Dorothy Lyman, Nicolas Surovy and Matthew Cowles.
In 1999 - NBC aired the final episode of Another World. Cass and Lila got married...Jake and Vicky celebrated the news they were expecting twins...long presumed-dead Grant Harrison was revealed to be alive and well in the tropics. The show ended with Rachel (Victoria Wyndham) and Carl (Charles Keating) embracing and going upstairs together. The final image was a still frame of Mac Cory, the late (Douglass Watson), raising a champagne glass in a celebratory toast. The screen then faded to black.
In 2010, Days of our Lives aired the funeral episode of the legendary Salem matriarch, Alice Horton (played by Frances Reid). Long-absent family members and friends, including characters from the past, rallied in Salem to pay their final respects to Alice.