History Series / DaysOfOurLives

* DisabledLoveInterest: Just at the birth of the Kayla/Steve supercouple. After an aggression, Kayla Brady is involved in a gas explosion, and despite having no [[MadeOfIron other visible injuries]], she wakes up with (seemingly) permanent hearing damage and a useless voice box. She later gets her hearing back because of a risky, experimental surgery, after deciding to marry Steve, and [[ThePowerOfLove her voice returns just in time to exchange her wedding vows]].
** Chloe Lane after her car accident in Austria, which resulted in her face being partially disfigured and the (temporary) loss of her operatic singing voice.

''Days of Our Lives'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] American daytime SoapOpera which debuted in November 1965, rivaling ''Series/CoronationStreet'' for popularity and longevity. It's the second-oldest of the current crop of American soaps (two years younger than ''Series/GeneralHospital''). By TheNewTwenties, it was the only thing left on the Creator/{{NBC}} daytime schedule that wasn't ''{{Series/Today}}''. Created by [[CreatorCouple the husband and wife team of Ted and Betty Corday]] (whose son, Ken, has served as showrunner since Betty passed away in 1986),[[note]]Ted Corday died in 1966, less than a year into the show's run, leaving Betty (who chose to credit herself as "Mrs. Ted Corday") as primary showrunner until she passed the reins to Ken.[[/note]] the show centers on the lives (and love lives) of the denizens of Salem, a mid-sized city in an [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield unspecified Midwestern state]].

''Days'' is unusual among daytime soap operas in that, to help maintain familiarity with longtime viewers, it has kept on a large number of "legacy" characters dating as far back as the show's first decade on the air in its canvas. Several characters [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim died along with their actors]], such as Frances Reid who played the loving matriarch Alice Horton from the show's debut up until 2007; she remained on contract until her death at age 95 in 2010. Macdonald Carey played Dr. Tom Horton from 1965 until shortly before his death from cancer in 1994 (he was also the announcer heard during the iconic hourglass title sequence). Peggy [=McCay=] played Brady family matriarch Caroline in 1983, then again from 1985 to 2016. Each remained a cornerstone of the series well into their 40s and older, creating a counterbalance with newer characters who have been added to ''Days''' canvas over its 50-year+ history. This remained the case even after an edict instituted by NBC's daytime division in the late 1990s to have its soaps [[YoungerAndHipper focus more on younger characters]] (both in and outside of their core families) to attract the young adult demographic -- a decision which contributed to the cancellation of daytime stablemate ''Series/AnotherWorld'' in 1999 in favor of keeping the younger-skewing but lower-rated ''Series/SunsetBeach'' (which ended in December 1999, after a three-year run) and adding the NBC-produced serial ''Series/{{Passions}}''[[note]]which, by having the late James E. Reilly as its creator and head writer, incorporated supernatural storyline themes similar to those crafted by Reilly during his two stints as head writer of ''Days'' (1992-97 and 2003-06, the latter having him write for both soaps)[[/note]] (which moved to [=DirecTV=]'s The 101 for what would be its ninth and final season in September 2007, after NBC cancelled it to make room for a fourth-hour extension of ''Series/{{Today}}'').

* BlackSheep: Sami used to be considered this of the Brady family.