Maggie Horton has been a “Days of Our Lives” fan favorite sinceSuzanne Rogersoriginated the character in 1973.
I’m touched that they wanted to do something.
I’m honored and very moved, and I’m grateful."
Over the years, Maggie has battled alcoholism but overcame it and has generally held her family together.
Currently, Maggie is the CEO of Titan Industries.
Let’s take a look at some of Maggie’s best moments over the years.
However, Maggie didn’t know that Marty suffered from amnesia and was really Mickey Horton!
Suzanne Rogers toldTV Insider, “I think that’s when the audience fell in love with Maggie.
Would Maggie be accepted by the viewers?”
However, Mickey tragically died from a heart attack in 2010.
Distraught, she attempted to die by suicide until Xander came in and stopped her.
He told her that she didn’t cause the accident.
Maggie was thankfully released from prison.
That whole day my hands were like ice" (viaDaily Soap Dish).
Deimos poisoned Maggie
In 2016, Maggie Horton started having inexplicable dizzy spells.
Things got so bad that she ended up falling down some stairs.
She awoke in the hospital to find she was paralyzed and became distraught.
Victor blamed himself for Maggie’s predicament.
Deimos had used the antidote as blackmail to get Victor Kiriakis to sign over everything he owned to him.
The antidote was administered, and the poison was gone from her system.
However, Maggie was still paralyzed, but with Victor’s support, she got through it.
Ultimately,Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker) killed Deimos, ridding the world of a heinous villain.
This leads us to one of our top Maggie Horton moments: her relationship with Victor Kiriakis.
After the death of Mickey Horton, Maggie tried to find her way through life without him.
Along the way, she and Victor became friends.
However,his wife, Vivian Alamain(Louise Sorel), became extremely jealous.
So much so that she planned to entomb Maggie in a sarcophagus!
Brady Black discovered her plan and turned the tables by tossing Vivian into her own death trap.
When Victor found out, he helped cover it up.
However, Vivian escaped, captured Maggie, and put her in the sarcophagus.
Eventually, Victor figured out where she was and saved her.
She survived and recovered at Victor’s mansion.
He eventually proposed to her, and the two got married in 2011.
In March 2023, Victor installed Maggie as the CEO of the family company Titan Industries.
Maggie continues to rule with an iron fist, much like Victor.
The two reminisced about him as well as their lifelong friendship.
Julie remarked that she wouldn’t be there if it weren’t for Maggie’s actions.
As smoke started billowing from it, Julie ran over and opened the oven.
Maggie rushed in and grabbed a rug, dousing the fire.
Julie’s face was burned horribly as a result.
Fortunately, she later got plastic surgery to restore her visage.
They did my clothes in this fire retardant [solution].
This is going to be a real fire!
You have to hold your breath.
The ordeal eventually brought Maggie and Julie closer together."
