The Life and Times of Asa Buchanan Page 3
2001
After learning that Renee hid Max’s false paternity, Asa divorced her. A heated feud with the Rappaport-Davidson family drove Asa to coax Grace into breaking up with Kevin, as Asa threatened to reveal her shameful past. Grace fell into Llantano River during a storm and died. Asa’s attempts to keep Grace’s whereabouts a secret resulted in absolute warfare between Asa and Ben Davidson. Asa ordered a hit man to murder Ben before Renee and Asa discovered that Ben was really the son she had given birth to many years ago. The emotional turmoil of the bombshell spurred a heart attack in Asa.
2001
Seeking revenge on Max, Asa brought back Gabrielle Medina, Max’s former wife, and shocked Llanview by marrying her. In order to frame Max for his murder, Asa staged his own death. His stunning reappearance in Llanview botched the scheme, however. Gabrielle and Asa soon divorced.
2002
Sentenced to court-ordered therapy, Asa began seeing psychiatrist Rae Cummings. Coerced into marriage under the threat that Rae would go public with incriminating information about him after her identity fraud was exposed, Asa worked feverishly to end his nightmarish union with Rae. She eventually gave in, and the two divorced.
2004
Asa and Renee rediscovered their mutual feelings. The two became close as they grieved over the tragic death of their son Ben.
2004
After unearthing an error in some documents, Todd and Blair learned that they were the rightful owners of Asa’s land. Todd and Blair dumped Asa’s body in the woods, but the indestructible Asa made his way back to Llanview, where he shot Todd. Kevin struck a deal that momentarily ended Asa’s rampage against Todd and Blair.
2004
Asa found himself at odds with lifelong enemy Adam Chandler when it was revealed that Kevin and Kelly’s baby was really the son of JR Chandler. Despite Asa’s best efforts, JR was reunited with his son.
2004
In an attempt to permanently get rid of Blair, Asa had her kidnapped to a mental institution. Asa fled to Argentina in order to escape the prospect of jail. Upon his return to Llanview, he framed Carlo for Blair’s kidnapping. Asa’s war with Blair tapered off as he waged Margaret Cochran, Todd’s violent stalker, against the two.
2005-’07
Immediately suspicious of newcomer Dr. Spencer Truman, Asa had a heart attack after Spencer showed him a picture of his mother, a former lover of Asa’s. Asa hid his inner fears about Spencer’s paternity, which wouldn’t be calmed until a DNA test confirmed that Spencer was, in fact, not a Buchanan. Asa paid David to murder Spencer. Payment was suspended, however, once it was revealed that David was not Spencer’s true killer. The unknown identity of Spencer’s killer and David’s real connection to the Buchanans haunted Asa in his last days.
August 2007
Asa died at home. His funeral prompted a massive Buchanan family reunion as Llanview paused to give the maverick mogul his due.
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