00:00Beloved Days of Our Lives star Lauren Caslow suffers heartbreaking family loss.
00:05I will miss you forever and a day.
00:08My beloved brother, the soap icon, wrote in the emotional tribute.
00:13Days of Our Lives fan favorite Lauren Caslow,
00:16Kate is mourning the loss of her brother following his death earlier this year.
00:21The soap legend used social media to reveal her heartbreaking news via Instagram.
00:26She shared a tribute to her brother Donald Acaslow,
00:28which included the poem Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver.
00:32Caslow's Instagram post featured several photos including throwbacks of the two of them as kids,
00:37along with pictures of them together throughout the years.
00:40I will miss you forever and a day, my beloved brother.
00:44The world is a lesser place without you.
00:46No one could make me laugh like you.
00:47No one understood like you.
00:49Till we meet again.
00:50Read the caption on her Instagram share.
00:52The poem drives home the message promised by its title, Don't Hesitate.
00:56If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate.
01:01Give in to it.
01:03There are plenty of lives in whole towns destroyed or about to be.
01:07We are not wise and not very often kind.
01:10And much can never be redeemed.
01:11Still, life has some possibility left, the poem began.
01:16The powerful and healing words continued.
01:20Perhaps this is its way of fighting back.
01:23That sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world.
01:28It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins.
01:33Anyway, that's often the case.
01:34Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty.
01:38Joy is not made to be a crumb.
01:40Koslow was showered with love in the comments section of her post, particularly by her soap family.
01:47Days of Our Lives stars flooded the post with words of condolence for their co-star.
01:51As Galen Gearing Rafe wrote,
01:52And the Young and the Restless Kate Linder star said,
02:20I'm so very sorry.
02:22My heart is with you and your family.
02:24Sending love.
02:25Many fans also chimed in to express their sympathy following Koslow's massive loss.
02:30According to the online obituary for Donald,
02:33he died suddenly in February at the age of 69.
02:36He survived by his wife of 45 years.
02:40Shao Ying, his daughter Jennifer, his son Donald, and his three grandchildren,
02:44as well as Lauren and their sister Linda.
02:46The obituary revealed that a celebration of life for Donald would take place sometime this year.
02:52Which may have been what prompted Koslow to pay tribute to him on social media.
02:57Our thoughts and prayers go out to Koslow and her family.
03:00Days of Our Lives airs weekdays on Peacock.
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