29 Facts About Bob Hughes

Bob Hughes was briefly married to Lisa Miller during the 1960s; he and Lisa remain close friends.

Bob Hughes was married to Kim Hughes, with whom he had a daughter, Sabrina, and a son, Chris.

Bob Hughes was the youngest child of Chris and Nancy Hughes and has always been a man of honor.

Bob Hughes was in college and planning to go to medical school, when he met, Lisa Miller, a young college student from Rockford, Illinois.

Lisa was determined to get Bob Hughes to marry her, as she reasoned a doctor would bring her prosperity.

When Bob succumbs to Lisa's charms and they are secretly married, Bob's parents tried to have the marriage annulled on the basis of the couple being too young, Lisa's announcement of her pregnancy put an end to Chris and Nancy plans and the couple moved in with the Hugheses.

Not long after his divorce from Lisa, Bob Hughes fell for a sweet nurse named Sylvia Hill who was suffering from lupus.

Bob Hughes continued to be busy building his medical career and became best friends with the older Dr David Stewart.

Not wanting to be a detriment to a potential reconciliation, Sylvia ended it with Bob Hughes and left town.

Sandy's condition left her terribly depressed and Bob Hughes had no choice but to place her in an institution.

Sandy returned to Oakdale a few years later and though she and Bob Hughes tried to make another go of their relationship, by now Sandy was too involved in her new career and the two parted ways again.

When Chuck learned he was dying, he asked Bob Hughes to take care of his family.

Unfortunately, Rick's poor performance at Memorial put a strain on their marriage because Jennifer continually accused Bob Hughes of being too hard on her son, who was an aspiring doctor.

Finally, at a convention in Florida, Bob Hughes was pleasantly surprised to see Jennifer's sister, Kim Sullivan Reynolds.

Soon an investigation, instigated by John Dixon, was conducted to see if Bob Hughes had caused Garrison's death.

Bob Hughes was able to prove it was a woman who argued with Garrison the day he died, thus causing his death.

Walter Vested tried to persuade Bob Hughes to retrieve the papers and give them to him, but, sensing something was wrong, Bob Hughes refused.

Not long after, Bob Hughes was shocked to learn that Karen herself was involved in the white collar crimes and she was placed in jail.

Years later, Bob Hughes became involved with Nurse Lyla Montgomery, and they fell in love and became engaged.

Distressed that Lyla never told him about knowing John, in fact she led him to believe that she never knew him until now, Bob Hughes told Lyla that he did not know how he felt about her.

The biggest crisis to hit the Hughes marriage was when Bob had an affair with his old friend, Susan Stewart, Kim's old rival.

Bob Hughes stood by his doctor especially since there was no real evidence against him.

However, Bob Hughes did find a key piece of evidence, the journal of a murdered nurse.

Chris accepted Bob Hughes's offer to return to Memorial as head of research.

Finally, Bob Hughes had enough of his son's attitude and fired him from Memorial.

When Bob Hughes woke up, a humbled Chris apologized for his arrogant behavior.

Alison later told Kim about it, and Bob Hughes quickly interrupted, saying that he was simply making a joke and that Alison does not understand his sense of humor, to which Kim replied that few people do.

Kim and Bob Hughes celebrated 25 years of marriage on April 2,2010.

Kim chuckled and quoted, "25 years of sin," as Bob Hughes opted to get remarried.