Soap Actor Nick Santino Commits Suicide, Regretted Putting Down Beloved Dog In Condo Dispute
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Guiding Light Extinguished After Amazing 72-Year Run
Posted on Sep 18, 2009 @ 09:45AM - 4 comments

Guiding Light, the Guinness Book of World Record-holder for the longest-running drama, will air its final episode Friday, the last for the soap opera which first premiered in 1937 and broadcast on more than 15,700 weekdays.
"We are the history of so many people," actress Tina Sloan said. "They watched it for so long.”
PHOTOS: Beautiful Stars Who Started Out On Soaps
Posted on Sep 17, 2009 @ 11:27AM - 2 comments

With all the gorgeous ladies and handsome men on television and on the big screen, we wanted to find out what made them stars, and we realized that they all started in the same place - on soap operas.
After 72 years The Guiding Light, the longest running daytime soap opera, is going off the air on Friday. Calista Flockhart's first acting role was on The Guiding Light, and we think that the ladies who started on soaps are some of the hottest in Hollywood now.
A Look Back at Guiding Light’s 72 Years of Celebrities
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 @ 06:16PM - Add a comment

After over seven decades of being on air, Guiding Light is bowing out of the soap opera race after struggling against tough economic times and changes in viewing habits. But during its historic run (the Guinness Book of World Records cites it as the longest-running television drama), it served as a launching pad for some of today’s biggest stars.
Click here for a Then and Now look at some A-listers who basked in the Guiding Light glow












