William Foster Hayes III (June 5, 1925 – January 12, 2024) was an American actor and recording artist. His song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" hit the top of the Billboard charts between March and May 1955.

Jan 16, 2024 · Bill Hayes, singer of the 1955 hit The Ballad of Davy Crockett and longtime cast member on Days of Our Lives, died January 12 at the age of 98.

Jan 13, 2024 · Bill Hayes, a mainstay on the NBC soap opera “Days of Our Lives” for over 50 years, has died. He was 98.

Jan 13, 2024 · Bill Hayes, a longtime cast member on Days of Our Lives, has died. PEOPLE can confirm that the actor, born William Foster Hayes III, has died at the age of 98. “It is with a heavy heart that we...

Jan 12, 2024 · Bill Hayes, the actor and singer who with his real-life wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes, starred on NBC’s Days of Our Lives as the beloved first couple of daytime television, died...

Jan 12, 2024 · Bill Hayes, the actor who played the colorful Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives for more than 50 years, died at 98, according to a statement from the show. Hayes...

Jan 13, 2024 · Bill Hayes, who played the character Doug Williams on the long-running daytime soap “Days of Our Lives” since 1970, has died. He was 98.

Jan 13, 2024 · Longtime "Days of Our Lives" star, Bill Hayes, has died. He was 98. The actor who portrayed Doug Williams on the soap opera died Jan. 12 in Los Angeles, his agent and friend Gregory Mayo...

Jan 25, 2024 · Bill Hayes, an actor and singer whose 2,141 episodes of “Days of Our Lives” over five and a half decades constituted the daytime drama version of an ultramarathon, and whose top-selling 1955...

Jan 13, 2024 · Bill Hayes, a daytime TV legend who portrayed Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives for more than five decades, has died. He was 98.