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Erika Slezak

"The View" Salutes 43 Years of "One Life to Live" on January 13

December 08, 2011 | Posted at 10:49 AM

The View is proud to announce that we will be devoting an entire episode to One Life to Live hours before its final broadcast on Friday, January 13, 2012. Longtime castmember Erika Slezak (Viki Lord) will co-host, and legendary creator Agnes Nixon will also be in attendance. 

Update 12/12: Bob Woods (longtime police chief Bo Buchanan) and Robin Strasser (Viki Lord's arch nemesis Dr. Dorian Lord) have both been added to the show!

Update 12/13: Hillary B. Smith (Nora Buchanan) has also joined the show!

Update 1/4: Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer), Jim DePaiva (Max Holden) and Judith Light (Karen Wolek) have been confirmed to appear in the episode.

We'll have exclusive previews of the One Life to Live series finale, as well as footage from the final days of taping, plus interviews with your favorite OLTL stars. In the coming weeks we will be announcing who else from the show's past and present will be appearing on the landmark episode, so bookmark The View's homepage and keep checking back periodically for all the exciting details!

And we're not through yet! The day's audience will be filled exclusively with One Life to Live fans, so if you'd like to be a part of the big send-off, email your ticket requests to: TheViewSalutesOLTL@gmail.com.

Leave your One Life to Live memories in the comments, and make sure to tell us who and what you'd like to see in the episode!

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gkillon Says:

December 7th, 2011, 4:09 pm

I definitely hope Rex and Gigi will be united, and, of course John and Nathalie. I hope none of the events will be left for on-line watching as I still have dial-up and won't be able to watch it, and I actually don't know that I would be watching on line anyways. I like to sit in my living room and watch it in the afternoon, and I am very sad that this, the best of the soaps, will not be on any longer.

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melissamaria85 Says:

December 7th, 2011, 6:57 pm

I'd like Scott Evans (Oliver Fish), Crystal Hunt (Stacy Morasco) & Kelley Missal (Danielle) to be invited, please. I'd love to meet them after taping if possible.

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thickup33 Says:

December 7th, 2011, 7:18 pm

I think that it is a sad time for all of us O.L.T.L. fans. I really Loved the show I have been watching this sopa since the womb. :(..

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SuzanneFromNJ Says:

December 7th, 2011, 7:46 pm

Thank you for hosting a tribute for a show that defines "good TV" by having both the best writing and such magnetic actors who keep you coming back for more. I'm 43 and have been watching the show all my life. My grandmother would always talk to me about her "stories." It was a beautiful bonding experience.
I now share the show with my young daughters. I feel it provides a lot of teachable moments by addressing such serious topics of bullying and teen suicide. When the character of Shane nearly took his life, my nine year old said, "Mommy, that hurt my heart - why would he feel like that." It started a heart to heart discussion on the importance of understanding that you have self-worth and everyone should be treated with respect.
I could go on and on....but the bottom line is that OLTL is quality TV that will be sorely missed.
We hope that you will include the young actors like Starr and Danny in the tribute as well as John, Natalie, Rex and Gigi.
Thanks again for hosting this tribute. I hope we can be in the audience!

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jlevy8872 Says:

December 8th, 2011, 12:17 pm

This is going to be a wonderful tribute show. First and Foremost all the vets of the show Erika Slezak, Robert S. Woods, Hillary B. Smith, Kassie DePaive, and Robin Strasser need to be on this show for it to be a real tribute as they were the longest running actors on the show. Then of course it would be great if Kristen and Eddie Alderson would be on since we watched them grow up on OLTL. It would be great if you could get the Gannons to return for this show. Hank Gannon played by Nathan Purdee, RJ Gannon played by Timothy D. Stickney.

Would also love to see cips of Phil Carey and Clint Richie, three of the original Buchanen men. ANd last but not least a series of clips showing a highlight of the dance routines performed by Hillary and Robert as "Bo and Nora". Now that was the best couple ever on OLTL, they were pure magic.

I hope to get tickets for this show as I did email my request early on. This would definitely be one to mark off my bucket list for sure.

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