Roger DeKoven 10.21.1907 - 01.28.1988 (81 years old)

+A character actor, known for English and European stage plays. Roger De Koven has also acted in Broadway plays and stage plays in America, he is best known for spending 20 years in the soap opera "Days of our Lives" (1961) and also co-starred in Oliver Stone's 1974 film Seizure (1974). After co-starring with Robin Williams in Seize the Day (1986) in 1986, De Koven died of natural causes at the tender age of 80.

De Koven was a voice-over regular on the popular 1930s radio series "Gangbusters" that featured weekly episodes based actual crime incidents. Each program ended with various descriptions of wanted criminals, many of whom were later arrested due to avid listener participation. Originated the role of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. on Broadway in Funny Girl, later replaced by Alan Manson.