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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 346755" data-attributes="member: 27">I&#039;ve definitely been watching too many soaps.&nbsp; For every situation mentioned in the posts above, I found myself recalling some soap villain who actually did it!&nbsp; Well, except this one:Now I took this to mean the insurance for the older characters (not actors) on the show.&nbsp; I cannot recall anyone doing this because no one on soaps seems to worry about mundane realities like insurance, even when characters are in and out of the hospital like it&#039;s Club Med. But if you are talking about elderly soap actors, then I can name a producer who did this to one of their stars--and hastening the star&#039;s death by doing so.&nbsp; Actress Anna Lee, elderly and wheelchair-bound, had been promised by a previous producer that she would have a job for life (which by that point was a few appearances per year).&nbsp; Regardless of that, producer Jill Farren Phelps cancelled her contract, which provided her with insurance and other benefits, and bumped her down to recurring.&nbsp; Lee died (of pneumonia) shortly after, and evil Phelps had to sit through a segment memorializing Lee at the Emmys, pretending to care as everyone angrily glared at her.Keep proposing ideas, everyone---this is a fun parlor game (&quot;Name that Cruelty&quot;).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 346755, member: 27"] I've definitely been watching too many soaps. For every situation mentioned in the posts above, I found myself recalling some soap villain who actually did it! Well, except this one: Now I took this to mean the insurance for the older[I] characters [/I](not actors) on the show. I cannot recall anyone doing this because no one on soaps seems to worry about mundane realities like insurance, even when characters are in and out of the hospital like it's Club Med. But if you are talking about elderly soap [I]actors[/I], then I can name a producer who did this to one of their stars--and hastening the star's death by doing so. Actress Anna Lee, elderly and wheelchair-bound, had been promised by a previous producer that she would have a job for life (which by that point was a few appearances per year). Regardless of that, producer Jill Farren Phelps cancelled her contract, which provided her with insurance and other benefits, and bumped her down to recurring. Lee died (of pneumonia) shortly after, and evil Phelps had to sit through a segment memorializing Lee at the Emmys, pretending to care as everyone angrily glared at her. Keep proposing ideas, everyone---this is a fun parlor game ("Name that Cruelty"). [/QUOTE]

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