Agnes Nixon, creator of 'One Life to Live' and 'All My Children,' dies at 93

Chicago Tribune ^ | 9/28/2016 | Valerie J. Nelson

[Borges]

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Although her characters were inevitably embroiled in melodrama, Nixon was repeatedly honored for elevating soaps during a television career that spanned more than 60 years. She pioneered socially relevant themes and dealt with them seriously, bringing attention to such once-taboo topics as racism, AIDS, lesbian relationships and teenage prostitution.

In 1962, Nixon wrote a story line for “The Guiding Light” on CBS about a character who develops uterine cancer and has a life-saving hysterectomy. The network and show sponsor Proctor & Gamble agreed to the plot only if the words “cancer,” “uterus” and “hysterectomy” were not used.

[SMGFan]

Sarah Michelle ‏@SarahMGellar 36 minutes ago #RIPAgnesNixon One of the classiest ladies, I ever had the honor to meet. And so talented #AllMyChildren

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It must not be fun to create an institution and outlive it ...

[Gay State Conservative]

My Mom,a very intelligent woman whose family was far too poor to send her to college in the 1930’s,absolutely refused to watch any of those soap operas in the 50’s and 60’s (she died in ‘70).She'd say that only the utterly mindless would watch them.

[americas.best.days...]

Helped millions of women utterly waste millions of hours.

Well done!

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.