On January 23, Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn will lead Days of Our Lives, as Marlena Evans and John Black bid farewell to their loved ones in Salem.

With John's memories faltering, what sort of goodbye with this exit entail?

Executive producer Ken Cordray isn't revealing it entirely, but he has released a statement reading:

"There is never an end when a couple leaves happily. They're [John and Marlena] not dead. Characters have left and come back [before]."

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