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Eplin Exits ATWT This Week
Posted Sunday, April 28, 2002 9:34:13 PM
This week marks the end of
Tom Eplin's run as
Jake McKinnon, a role he created on
Another World in 1985. After the cancellation of Another World by NBC in 1999, Eplin was brought aboard CBS's As The World Turns.
Soap Opera Central first reported on Eplin's "storyline dictated" departure in March. Since that time, fans have rallied to express their displeasure over the decision to write out Jake.
"This is a huge mistake," writes on SOC visitor. "One that they will not realize until it's too late."
Other fans, who started watching ATWT as a way to keep up with the characters they'd grown to love on Another World, have expressed disappointment that the final vestige of the long-running soap is fading away.
According to reports, Eplin has already been offered jobs by other soaps, but the actor is said to have declined them all.
