# No more Days in her Life--Frances Reid dead at 95 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792 "2010-02-05T14:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792/1 "2010-02-05T14:20:04Z")
[Frances Reid](http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1516952/) who played Days of our Life matriarch Alice Horton since the show’s beginning, has died at age 95. Yes, I followed the show, and yes, I loved her. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792/2 "2010-02-05T15:32:58Z")
I wonder what the show is doing about her? And when it will air? I haven’t watched in years, but I remember hearing not too long ago that she did still show up occassionally. That was my soap for a long time. I still remember when Macdonald Carey passed away. They were pretty classy with his death. ---
**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792/3 "2010-02-06T00:17:20Z")
I was so sad when I heard about this. For years, she was like a substitute grandmother to me. They just killed the character of Mickey (the actor is ill, but still alive). I don’t know how the writers will handle this. ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792/4 "2010-02-06T00:22:54Z")
Next year’s Horton family Christmas is doing to be saaaaad, when they hang up Alice’s ornament for her. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792/5 "2010-02-06T04:51:35Z")
Here’s a link with a picture. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/television/05reid.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/television/05reid.html) I needed a pic to remember who she was. I haven’t watched Days of Our Lives for years. I watch ABC instead… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792/6 "2010-02-06T05:31:29Z")
My mom was very sad when she heard this, and she hasn’t watched the show since Marlena’s demon was excised. (which, checking wiki, was on July 18, 1995). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-days-in-her-life-frances-reid-dead-at-95/527792/7 "2010-02-08T14:10:39Z")
> [@Postariti](#): > > I was so sad when I heard about this. For years, she was like a substitute grandmother to me. > > They just killed the character of Mickey (the actor is ill, but still alive). I don’t know how the writers will handle this. They mentioned “Gram” about fifty times during Mickey’s death and funeral, but she was never on camera. I hope they do a tribute. She is the last actor to be on the show who was with it rom the begining.