R.I.P. John "Dr. Dan Stewart" Colenback, Star of "As the World Turns," at 79

[Miles Archer]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-colenback-dead-as-world-802522

by Mike Barnes

6/15/2015 11:43am PDT

John Colenback, who starred as the debonair Dr. Dan Stewart on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, has died. He was 79.

Colenback, who appeared on the now-canceled daytime drama that ran from 1966 to 1973 and again from 1976 to '79, died May 12 in West Hollywood, his nephew, Timothy, announced.

On As the World Turns, his character, among other travails, had a niece who he learns is really his daughter, and he lost his wife when she took a fatal tumble on a flight of stairs. After returning to Oakdale, Ill., Dr. Stewart died of a terminal illness.

A native of Toledo, Ohio, who attended Dartmouth College, Colenback was acting in summer stock at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., when he was discovered by an agent.

[MuseRider]

1. I remember him.

My mother watched that show every single day then my grandmother would call so they could discuss their "story". My brothers and I had to be quiet so we often sat down and just watched it once we were older when home from school. When younger "story" time was nap time.

RIP Mr. Colenback