Soapdom is saddened to report that prominent advertising executive and daytime drama writer, Jerry Birn, died on December 5, 2009 of natural causes.
Born in Chicago, Illinois on March 23, 1923, Birn was extremely proud of his Chicago roots and upbringing. He attended DePaul University on a scholarship. After graduating, he moved to New York to pursue a career in acting, but soon found himself back in Chicago and working as a copy-writer for the advertising agency McCann Erickson. It was there that he met fellow Chicagoan and young copy-writer, William J. Bell, who would later create the two
SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome) strikes again, this time on the set of the Bold and the Beautiful. Kimberly Matula has been cast in the role of the teenaged "Hope Logan" The Bold and the Beautiful, Executive Producer and Head Writer Bradley P. Bell announced today.
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