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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Wes Kenney Dead at 85

H. Wesley Kenney
Television producer and director H. Wesley Kenney died on January 13, 2015. He was 85.

Wes Kenney was best known for his work on soap operas, directing The Doctors (the last live show he ever worked on), producing and directing Days of Our Lives from 1968 to 1979 before becoming co-executive producer of The Young and the Restless from 1982 to 1987. Y&R won Daytime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Drama Series in 1983, 1985 and 1986. From 1987 to 1989, Kenney replaced the legendary Gloria Monty as executive producer of General Hospital.

Kenney won seven total Daytime Emmy Awards including three at the 1st Annual event in 1974.

When Days of our Lives faltered after the switch from 30 minute episodes to 60, Kenney returned to the show to fix their production problems and he changed the way daytime dramas were scheduled and filmed from that point forward.

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