The 'DOOL' star died in January, but his on-screen death will play out in upcoming episodes of the soap series

Life imitated art in the most beautiful of ways when, in 1970, the characters of Julie Olson and Doug Williams met on "Days of Our Lives," and their real-life counterparts, Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes fell in love and lived happily ever after,

As Julie Williams, Seaforth Hayes will give ‘pretty much the same eulogy’ for Doug Williams that she gave for husband Bill Hayes.

Seaforth Hayes spoke to Variety and explained that while their characters Doug and Julie were falling in love on the show, the fans and even series creator William Bell saw real-life sparks fly between the two before the actors even realized it.