Nixon also created the short-lived sudserLoving, which aired from 1983 to 1995.
I think daytime soaps are the form of entertainment that mirrors real life.
Nixon liked to appear in her soaps, too.

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I adored her and admired her and I am forever grateful to her!
May this liveliest and loveliest of women rest in peace.