Friday, February 5, 2010

RIP Grandma Horton

Last night I read that my favorite soap actress of all time passed away at the age of 95 it was a rough night and this morning I can barely function.  Frances Reid, better known to the entire Days of Our Lives loving world as Grandma Alice Horton, has passed on to that great white Salem in the sky.

Grandma Horton was the OG HBIC of Salem and really wasn't afraid to eff up your bizznass if it meant getting what she wanted.  From the premiere episode back in 1965 to her last episode in 2007, Alice Horton ran that place like the true glamor she was.

Even back in the Days, this Queen B has been bringing the drama, be it discovering that her son Tommy, thought to be killed in Vietnam, was actually some dude named Mark who was suffering from the 'nesia, or when she was almost killed by the medication dispensing robot, or when she helped Bo kidnap Hope which started one of the most well known soap-mega couples of all time.

Alice Horton was a true star and one that any other future soap actor/actress should look up to if they're are any more soaps in 3 years.  Glamorous, conniving in a good way, and always with class, Grandma Horton, you will be truly missed.



I might have cried watching this. Also, there's a zillion of these on youtube already.