Director and producer Al Rabin passed away on August 14 at the age of 76.He is best known for the 17 years he spent as a director and then, starting in 1980, executive producer at DAYS OF OUR LIVES (Rabin replaced Wes Kenney in that role). Rabin started at DAYS in 1975, took a 7-month sabbatical in 1989, and left for good in 1992. Rabin was nominated for nine Daytime Emmy Awards during his run at at the soap.
Rabin previously directed at GENERAL HOSPITAL. After DAYS, he was executive producer of 1994's VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
In our 2009 interview with DAYS actress Judi Evans (Adrienne Kiriakis), she spoke about Rabin: "Al Rabin used to say, 'It all begins with the written word.' If you write it 'well' they will watch."