Don MacLaughlin
[2] MacLaughlin's family contained "a long line of ministers", and he planned to study for the ministry when he entered college.In the story, Chris and his wife Nancy were celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary.In real life, As the World Turns was celebrating its thirtieth anniversary on the air.[6]: 54 MacLaughlin appeared in a 1948 Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's play, The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden[7][8] and in Virginia Reel (1947)[9] and The Fifth Column (1940).[2] After a brief illness, Maclaughlin died on May 28, 1986, at his daughter's home in Goshen, Connecticut,[11] and is buried in Dover, Vermont.