sentences:  The decision to recast was only made when Buchanan decided not to renew his contract in the summer of 1989.However, the recast was short lived and Beecroft's character was killed off after only seven weeks.While Buchanan went on to do other things, he appeared on several other soaps and in 2007 he said he'd be open to reprising the role but, "They never asked me, which was the interesting thing."