Days Of Our Lives – Episode 6-10-25
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00:00Johnny has the same kind of stories about your Grandpa John as you.
00:11He definitely wasn't your typical card-playing, go-fishing type of Grandpa.
00:17No, he most certainly was not.
00:19Yeah, there's really nothing typical about Grandpa John.
00:24Really was one-of-a-kind, you know?
00:26Not just sweet, but also really, really funny, you know, in his own totally unique way.
00:34I know that from Johnny, too.
00:36He was always trying to make his kids and his grandkids laugh.
00:40Always.
00:45So, uh, how is everything otherwise?
00:50How's everything going with the baby?
00:53Yeah, good.
00:54Good, yeah.
00:56Actually, Sophia and I toured a maternity ward yesterday and just made things feel really real, you know?
01:05Yeah.
01:06And, um, how about the adoption?
01:10Did you find another family yet?
01:12No.
01:14No, we haven't.
01:15And we really need to find one because we don't have much time left.
01:18I just, uh, I checked in with the livestream set up.
01:31Everything's good to go.
01:33So, everyone who cared about Grandpa John will have the chance to say goodbye to him.
01:45How are you?
01:47I should be asking you that.
01:49Not at all.
01:50I want to know.
01:51I care so much about my children and my grandchildren.
01:58Well, that's what's really important to me now.
02:01You're pretty important to all of us, too.
02:11Um, do I understand there's a little bit of a strain between you and your dad?
02:17You know, Grandma, if you don't mind, I'd rather just not talk about my dad today.
02:26Today's about a good man.
02:29An honorable man.
02:30You and John, you had a whole lot of adventures at Black Patch.
02:48Yeah, we did.
02:52What about you and John on the force?
02:55You had quite a few adventures, as I recall.
03:00We had some pretty hairy situations.
03:04And when I think of...
03:06When I think of all the crazy, crazy things we did,
03:11you know, but there was...
03:17Oh, boy, there's just nobody who trusted more to have my back.
03:22Same.
03:25When the pressure was on,
03:26there's no better partner than John Black.
03:40Hello.
03:41Thank you all for coming.
03:43About to begin.
03:43Like sands through the hourglass,
03:57so are the days of our lives.
03:59Kate, are you ready to sit down?
04:17I don't want to say goodbye to Grandpa John.
04:20I'm not ready.
04:25Rachel.
04:26Rachel.
04:26Rachel.
04:26Rachel.
04:26Rachel.
04:26Rachel.
04:26I don't want to say goodbye to Grandpa John, either.
04:35But the thing is,
04:36if you think about him and you remember him,
04:40and you hold him in your heart,
04:43you never really have to say goodbye.
04:46I think he would like you to have that.
04:58So any time you start to miss him and feel sad,
05:02that will help you remember.
05:06Did he bought your hot dogs
05:08and took you to the opening day of the Cubs game?
05:15And you both sang,
05:17take me out to the ball game.
05:26Hey, honey, can I do?
05:28It's okay.
05:29It's okay.
05:30Why don't you, uh,
05:32why don't we head home, okay?
05:34Because I think today might be a little hard to handle for you,
05:37you know?
05:37No, no, no, no.
05:38You have to stay here.
05:41It's...
05:41Hey, Ari and I can take you home.
05:44Would that be okay, Rach?
05:47Yeah?
05:48Yes, I think that would be fine.
05:51Mom.
05:52I'm fine.
05:52Can you share our favorite memories of your Grandpa John?
05:57With my great-grandpa.
05:59Sure will.
06:00We'll be right back after.
06:03Okay.
06:03Bye.
06:05Okay.
06:06Okay.
06:07Give me a...
06:08Give me...
06:10Bye-bye.
06:11Okay.
06:12Bye.
06:14Do you remember?
06:16Grandpa John's always gonna be right eager.
06:19Yeah.
06:21Yeah.
06:22Yes, you will.
06:24Yes, you did.
06:25It's okay.
06:26You'll be a good girl, all right?
06:28And I'll see you a little later.
06:30Okay?
06:31Come on, come on.
06:31You're so...
06:33It's okay.
06:33It's okay.
06:36I love you.
06:38No, sweetheart.
06:39It's good, all right?
06:39All right.
06:52On behalf of my mother and my siblings, I'd like to welcome you all here today.
07:14Both those who are physically with us, those who are with us in spirit, and those who are
07:22with us virtually.
07:23We're here to honor an incredible life and legacy of John Black.
07:41Please join me in a short prayer.
07:52Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual life shine upon him.
07:59May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
08:08Amen.
08:08Amen.
08:15This is sometimes called a home-going service.
08:21And I think it is.
08:24John is going to his eternal home, welcomed by Sean and Caroline, and all those who loved him.
08:33Evan is truly rejoicing at the return of one of its favorite sons.
08:40John is truly rejoicing at the return of one of its favorite sons.
09:10May Almighty God bless you who have gathered here today.
09:31In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
09:39Amen.
09:40Amen.
09:47And now from the book of Ruth, a passage about courage and devotion, love, all of which Sean
10:04have had an abundance.
10:05Wherever you go, I will go.
10:11Wherever you lodge, I will lodge.
10:13Wherever you lodge, I will lodge.
10:19Your people shall be my people.
10:26Your God, my God.
10:28Wherever you die, I will die.
10:30And there I will be buried.
10:34Wherever you die, I will die.
10:41And there I will be buried.
10:43May the Lord do thus and so to me, and more as well, if anything but death separates me from you.
10:55And here I thought we were coming out to get some fresh air.
11:38But how?
11:39Hmm?
11:40You're still recovering.
11:41How, um, had you managed to pull all this off?
11:47With the little help of a couple of angels by the name of Sierra and Chelsea.
11:54Still the same romantic you always were.
11:58I just wish that...
12:03What is it?
12:08This was supposed to be a happy surprise.
12:13It is.
12:14It is.
12:15But there's something going on.
12:20What's wrong?
12:23Nothing.
12:25Let's enjoy, let's enjoy the picnic.
12:27John.
12:28No, no.
12:29Not until you tell me what's going on.
12:31Who?
12:32It's about John.
12:34Like, is he in some kind of trouble?
12:35He's gone.
12:36John is gone.
12:37John is gone.
12:38Gone where?
12:39No man.
12:40No man.
12:41like is he in some kind of trouble
12:44he's gone
12:51John is gone
12:55gone where
12:58no
13:06no
13:09amazing grace
13:28how sweet
13:32the sound
13:35that saved
13:40a wretch
13:42like me
13:45I once
13:52was lost
13:55but now
13:57I'm found
14:02was blind
14:05but now
14:09I see
14:13was blind
14:19but now
14:24I see
14:29Steve
14:31Steve
14:41Shane and I
14:47represent
14:49each of us represent
14:51each of us represent
15:06a phase
15:09of John's professional life
15:12I worked with him
15:17at the Salem Police Department
15:20and
15:23Shane
15:25Shane was his boss
15:28at the ISA
15:29Steve
15:32Steve was his partner
15:37the Black Patch Detective Agency
15:40and whether
15:45John was
15:46a cop
15:47or spy
15:49or a private investigator
15:52he always
15:57always
16:00fought for justice
16:03and
16:07will you
16:11remember
16:11he was
16:13risking
16:14his own life
16:14you'll notice
16:21these
16:22many
16:23commendations
16:24that John received
16:25over the years
16:26but they
16:28they barely
16:31scratched the
16:32surface
16:33of the
16:34extraordinary
16:35work he's done
16:36that's right
16:39John served
16:43on so many missions
16:45countless missions
16:46but the one
16:50that was most
16:53important to him
16:53was protecting
16:55his family
16:57and friends
16:58that's why
17:03it's so fitting
17:04that his final
17:08act of courage
17:09was to save
17:10the life of a man
17:11he considered
17:11a brother
17:12loyalty
17:19loyalty
17:19loyalty
17:23was
17:23a big part
17:26of John's character
17:27you know
17:30I left the
17:31Salem Police Department
17:32a long time ago
17:33but John
17:36John always
17:37called me
17:38partner
17:38if you were
17:44in John's
17:45circle
17:45overlapped
17:51and that's
17:56that's how we
17:59will remember
18:01him
18:01a loyal friend
18:04and a
18:05true
18:06hero
18:07we're all
18:11so much
18:12better off
18:12for having
18:13known him
18:13and the world
18:16is a
18:16safer place
18:18because of him
18:19couldn't
18:21but he
18:24and
18:36you
18:38and
18:39you
18:40John is dead because of me.
18:54Nothing was going to stop him from helping Steve and Sean get that drug.
18:58Well, he had to know going into that lab was dangerous.
19:01So he risked his life to save me.
19:05You all did.
19:06Because we love you.
19:07We love you so much, Brady.
19:12Why did you wait so long to tell me?
19:17I couldn't.
19:18I just...
19:19I couldn't.
19:20You'd already been hit by...
19:22You'd already been hit with so much.
19:27Marlene, I...
19:28I can't imagine what she's going through.
19:33I know.
19:35I spoke to her a few times this morning.
19:37She's so strong, Beau.
19:41Stoic.
19:43I think she's still in shock that it hasn't quite hit her yet.
19:51The funeral's today.
19:55Today?
19:55What are we doing sitting here?
19:58We've got to get going.
20:00Slow down.
20:00Hold on.
20:02I wish we could be there, but it's too soon.
20:06Brady, you need to recover.
20:08The doctor said it's going to take time.
20:09Give a damn what the doctor said.
20:11I need to be there for John.
20:13For his family.
20:15Hope, I...
20:16I've got to be there.
20:30Roman, Beau, and I,
20:33along with our sister, Kimberly,
20:34have not only lost a close friend.
20:41We lost a man we call our brother.
20:43As many of you know,
20:56and through no fault of this,
21:00John, for many years,
21:02he believed he was me,
21:05Roman Brady.
21:05And when I came back,
21:07back home,
21:10to reclaim my life,
21:11I mean, it was a...
21:12It was a difficult situation,
21:15to say the least.
21:17But John...
21:21John handled that with such...
21:26extraordinary grace.
21:31And looking back,
21:33I think so many times,
21:35did I really, really tell him
21:38that I loved him
21:40so much for the phenomenal job
21:44that he did
21:45raising my children
21:49and taking care of my family.
21:54Which became his family.
21:59So true.
22:00And when we learned that
22:06he was not our brother by love,
22:09he became our brother by heart.
22:16And his heart
22:18could have filled up
22:20with bitterness and anger,
22:22but it never did.
22:24It remained open
22:29and welcoming
22:29and warm.
22:34John never hesitated
22:36to help someone
22:37in need.
22:39And like...
22:40Steve mentioned earlier,
22:44he saved our brother's life
22:47because of his selflessness
22:49and his bravery.
22:50Beau came out of his coma.
22:56And he came back to us.
22:58And that is just
23:00one of the long, long list of things
23:03that...
23:04we will always be grateful
23:07for John.
23:10I was so grateful
23:12for his relationship
23:15with our parents.
23:18When he found out
23:19that he wasn't...
23:21that he wasn't really a Brady.
23:24He was so afraid
23:26that he would lose that connection
23:29and that closeness to them.
23:31And when our little firecracker
23:36of a mother
23:37come with at that,
23:39she got up in his face,
23:40looked him right in the eyes
23:41and she said,
23:43once you are in my heart,
23:45you never get to leave.
23:49And she let him know
23:50that he had all the qualities
23:53of a son.
23:55And they
23:58stayed close
24:00and they loved each other.
24:04And a testament to that love
24:06is that he named
24:08his firstborn son
24:10after a family.
24:15John Black
24:17was one of the best men
24:23I have ever known.
24:30And his legacy
24:31was in all of us
24:35who loved him.
24:36and his firstborn son
24:38was one of the best men
24:39at the end.
24:40And his wife
24:41was the one of the best men
24:42who loved him.
24:43So,
24:43he wasn't too close
24:45and he said,
24:45he was not too close
24:46and he said,
24:46said,
24:47he said,
24:47he said,
24:48that he's a rookie
24:49and he told us
24:50that he used to be
24:51in the future.
24:54He said,
25:05he said,
25:06there's been a lot of talk about my dad being a hero and he was
25:21to me he was a superhero
25:25when i was a kid i always knew that my dad could keep my family and me safe from like anything
25:34and i'm sure every little girl feels that way but i never outgrew it even as an adult i always knew
25:45that i was the safest when i was with my dad
25:49i remember a time gosh it must have been 15
26:02when eric was in paris poking the hornet's nest the hornet being stephano de mira
26:09and my brother needed some help so my dad got a plane ticket out there immediately and my mom
26:17she was pretty upset because she thought you know my dad was walking straight into danger
26:26but my dad said you know i can't just sit around and do nothing right and i think my exact words were
26:36yeah mom come on daddy's the man he'll come through
26:39and he did he always came through
26:46and i'm sure you all know that my dad has had a lot of big epic moments you know where he was
26:56faster than a speeding bullet or leaping tall buildings in a single bound
27:02but you know he was also really powerful and really present in the
27:09quiet small moments where
27:14i just needed a little advice or a shoulder to cry on
27:19or if i needed a laugh because i don't think we talk enough about how funny my dad was
27:27he loved to tell jokes
27:29and some of them were pretty bad dad jokes but
27:34you know he just wanted to raise everybody's spirits and make them smile
27:39in his honor today i am going to try not to cry all day
27:47and to instead find some time to laugh
27:51because i think that's how he would want it
27:54and for the record daddy you are still the man
28:01so doc i'm good to go
28:17look i'm very sorry about your loss
28:21but i can't give you my approval to leave the hospital
28:24you said i'm fine that technically there's nothing wrong with me
28:29your body is still recovering bo
28:31she doesn't seem to understand
28:37this is one of my best friends
28:42you know i'm gonna be okay
28:44i understand how you feel i do
28:47i wish that we could be there you know it
28:50for god's sake i just got you back
28:55i can't lose you again
28:59we need to be smart about this we need to be safe
29:02you need to listen to your doctor please
29:05you
29:08you
29:14you
29:16you
29:18you
29:22you
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29:26you
29:30As many of you know, I'm, uh, I'm relatively new to this family.
29:49I didn't find out John was my dad until I was an adult.
29:53Which, unfortunately, meant, well, he wasn't my first Little League coach, like he was
30:02for Eric and Carey, who I'm told he was awesome, even though he would argue with the ump once
30:11in a while.
30:18Sports can bring people together.
30:23I mean, baseball definitely did that for me and John.
30:34Ah, our love of the game, it was, uh, it gave us a way to bond.
30:42Playing catch and hitting balls at the batting cage.
30:48Those are some of the memories that I'm going to cherish most about my dad.
30:58You know, even when I, I beamed him in the eye and gave him a black eye right before his
31:04wedding, it was totally his fault.
31:07No, no.
31:09Maybe you wouldn't let me take the blame.
31:10But, uh, you know, he, he may have missed that pass, but man, he had mad skills when he
31:20was on that diamond.
31:22In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he played pro ball in a past life.
31:27Maybe he threw a pitch or two for his favorite team.
31:32The, uh, the, uh, New York games.
31:35New York games.
31:38He was, uh, he was also a Cubs fan, too.
31:51Of course.
31:51Huge fan of Ryan Sandberg.
31:57One of the greatest second basemen of all time.
32:06Yeah, Dad, uh, Dad himself was a terrific second baseman.
32:13And of course, why wouldn't he be?
32:15He had all the qualities.
32:17Agility.
32:19Quick thinking.
32:20But most of all, he had the ability to pivot.
32:26Oh, and no one had more grace than John when he'd pivot.
32:34I mean, no matter what the world threw at him.
32:38Amnesia.
32:40Paralysis.
32:44A long lost son.
32:45He, uh, he just rolled at the punches and kept going.
32:59You know, baseball doesn't have a clock.
33:03Theoretically, a game can go on forever.
33:05But all off the field.
33:15All off the field, sadly, time runs out.
33:19And, uh...
33:20You know, I wish I could...
33:35I wish I could have spent more time with my dad.
33:37I wish...
33:41I wish...
33:42I wish that he would be there.
33:46For when Andrew and I get married.
33:47But through all the time that I was lucky enough to have with my dad.
34:03He made me feel loved.
34:07He made me feel accepted.
34:09So, every time I see a...
34:19A rainbow up high, or...
34:23Or a baseball in the sky.
34:32I'm thinking, you, Dad?
34:33I love you, Dad.
34:55Can't wait to play another game of baseball with you again.
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