'Days of Our Lives' Star Jessica Serfaty Is Engaged to Ray-Ban Heir Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio (Exclusive)

Photo:Jessica Serfaty Jessica Serfaty Jessica Serfatyis ready to walk down the aisle!TheDays of Our Livesstar, 32, is engaged to Italian billionaire Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, the actress confirms to PEOPLE. “The week before Leo asked for my hand, we had been laughing about one another’s past engagement stories,” Serfaty tells PEOPLE exclusively. Del Vecchio, 28, who is the chief strategy officer for his family’s eyewear group EssilorLuxottica, (which owns Ray-Ban, Oakley, Sunglass Hut, and Persol and also makes eyewear for designer brands including Chanel and Prada), popped the question at the Conca del Songo restaurant on Italy’s Amalfi coast with a diamond sparker.

'Days of Our Lives' Star John Clarke Dies at 88 from 'Complications of Pneumonia'

Photo: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty John Clarke— a celebrated actor best known for his decades-long portrayal of Mickey Horton onDays of Our Lives— has died. He was 88. In an obituary obtained from a rep for his daughter,The O.C.actressMelinda Clarke, his family expresses their “deep sorrow” over Clarke’s death, explaining that he “had previously suffered a stroke in 2007 and has had declining health in the last few years.”

'Days of Our Lives' Star Peggy McCay Dies at 90

Photo: Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Days of Our Livesstar Peggy McCay, who played Caroline Brady on the long-running NBC soap opera, has died at the age of 90. She appeared in hundreds of episodes ofDays of Our Livesfrom 1983 to 2017, according toIMDb. The actress, who performed in dozens of television shows starting in 1949, played roles on Perry Mason,The Young Marrieds,Gunsmoke,Gibbsville,Lou Grantand other programs. For her work onDays of Our Lives, she was nominated for outstanding supporting actress or supporting lead actress in a drama series at the DaytimeEmmy Awardsfive times, according toIMDb.

'Days of Our Lives' Will Be Renewed for Season 56, Show Executive Says Despite 'Indefinite Hiatus' Report

Days of Our Liveswill live to see another day! “The show shoots months and months in advance and they’ve gotten so far ahead that the cast was prepared ages ago for the fact that they would all be put on hiatus until closer to pick-up (aka renewal) time, for scheduling reasons,” the source said. David Livingston/Getty Images “The show will almost definitely get renewed and this was not news to literally anyone on the show, nor is anyone truly concerned,” the source added.

'Days of Our Lives'' Deidre Hall Uses Holy Water While Filming Scenes Where Character Is Possessed

Deidre Halltook all the precautions necessary when filming certain scenes onDays of Our Lives. During an appearance onThe Kelly Clarkson ShowMonday, Hall opened up about her character Dr. Marlena Evans being possessed again in the show’s 56th season. Hall said that the storyline will go “all the way through Christmas,” noting how they “just finished a huge Christmas show that involves the possession.” However, in preparing for the storyline, she took protective measures.