Dustin "Dusty" Donovan is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama As the World Turns.
106 Facts About Dusty Donovan
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Dusty Donovan was recently portrayed by Grayson McCouch from February 18,2003, to January 18,2008.
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Dusty Donovan befriended Paul Stenbeck, and a discovery about their family was made.
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In 1983, a rebellious teen, Dusty arrived in Oakdale with his stepfather, horse trainer Burke Donovan.
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Dusty Donovan quickly became involved with Lily Snyder, daughter of rich and wealthy Lucinda Walsh.
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Around the time Holden was trying to win over Lily, Dusty Donovan slept with Meg Snyder, who afterward pretended to be pregnant by him to cut him loose from Lily.
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When Dusty Donovan found out Meg lied, he broke up with her but didn't get back together with Lily.
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However, after some time, Dusty Donovan felt as if he didn't belong in Oakdale anymore.
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Dusty Donovan decided it was time for him to leave Oakdale to give himself a fresh start in life.
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Dusty Donovan took over the nightclub "Metro" and became business partners with Molly Conlan, with whom he soon started an affair.
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Dusty Donovan got himself into trouble when he asked one of his employees, Aaron Snyder, to deliver a package for him.
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Dusty Donovan was criticized by Aaron's father, Holden, by Lucy Montgomery, Aaron's girlfriend, and by Molly, who didn't understand what he was thinking.
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Around that same time, Dusty Donovan was threatened by some loan sharks, and Dusty Donovan turned out to be not so rich after all.
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Dusty Donovan had to pay back some big money, so he stole from the foundation.
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Weeks later, Dusty Donovan found two guys in Metro attacking Lucy Montgomery.
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Dusty Donovan saved her life, but Lucy's father Craig wasn't so grateful after Molly said those guys were probably the same ones who wanted the money from Dusty.
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When Dusty Donovan found out Lucy was leaving town, he went to her to ask if she could remember anything about those guys, but Lucy said she had no clear memory.
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Dusty Donovan let her go, but then he caught a glimpse of her limo driver and realized it was the same guy who attacked her.
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Dusty Donovan chased the limo and pulled Lucy out of the car.
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Dusty Donovan found the perfect candidate in Aaron Snyder, but what Dusty Donovan, Lucy, and Aaron didn't know was Dom's boxer, Rafael, was ordered to fight with loaded gloves.
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Dusty Donovan renewed his relationship with her, but in the meantime befriended Jennifer Munson, Paul Ryan's sister.
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Jennifer, who was his business partner, was pregnant by Mike Kasnoff, but later revealed to Dusty Donovan that the unborn child was actually Craig Montgomery's after a one-night stand.
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Dusty Donovan, knowing what Craig was capable of, promised to protect Jennifer when he had to.
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Mike and Jennifer divorced after Mike discovered Jen had been working with Dusty Donovan to take out Craig and didn't tell him about it.
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Dusty Donovan soon found himself falling in love with Jennifer, but being in a relationship with Meg, he decided not to do anything.
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However, things changed when Dusty Donovan found out Meg lied to him about Johnny, Jenn's supposedly deceased baby.
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Dusty Donovan was furious with Meg and didn't understand how she could keep a mother away from her baby.
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Dusty Donovan broke up with Meg and moved on with Jennifer.
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Jen was still distracted over the death of her brother Paul, but when Dusty Donovan discovered Paul still alive, he became outraged and attacked him.
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However, Dusty Donovan was suddenly hit from behind and woke up hours later in an abandoned cabin.
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Dusty Donovan was visited by Emily Stewart, who had taken him hostage.
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Dusty Donovan didn't want Dusty to kill Paul, who was her ex-fiance.
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Jennifer and Dusty Donovan became engaged weeks later, and Dusty Donovan adopted Johnny.
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Dusty Donovan was surprised when he found out the new doctor treating Johnny, was, in fact, Lucy, who had returned a year after her departure.
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Dusty Donovan made it clear right away she didn't want anything from him and wished him luck with Jen and Johnny.
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Dusty Donovan found Jen unconscious on the floor of their apartment and rushed her back to the hospital.
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For weeks, Dusty Donovan blamed Lucy for Jen's death, because she was Jen's doctor.
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Dusty Donovan followed her and he was able to save her in time from everything.
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Dusty Donovan didn't understand why she did it and was outraged when, days later, he found no Johnny in his house and realized Lucy had taken off with her little brother.
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Dusty Donovan bonded with Emily Stewart, who begged him to help her find her sister Alison, who apparently was addicted to crystal meth and had become a porn star.
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Dusty Donovan still befriended Ali anyway, but he felt lost in Oakdale without Jen, Johnny, or Emily.
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Dusty Donovan got involved with old love Lily, who had recently separated her husband Holden.
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Dusty Donovan, therefore, focused his attention on bringing Chris down, and he found an interesting way of doing so when Chris' father Bob collapsed.
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Dusty Donovan found out a young biotechnologist named Evan Walsh IV could have had something to do with this.
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Since Evan was working for Chris, Dusty Donovan collected all the evidence he could.
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Dusty Donovan confronted Emily with it, but she wouldn't believe him.
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When Dusty Donovan finally had all the evidence against Evan and Chris, Dusty Donovan was already so hated by Oakdale he decided to skip town.
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Dusty Donovan had been injected with a lethal dose of potassium chloride, a heart-stopping cardiotoxin.
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Barbara organized a funeral for Dusty Donovan, but being hated by the whole town, few showed.
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When she investigated the cabin, she discovered Dusty Donovan locked in a cage in a wine cellar.
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Dusty Donovan explained that he faked his death, using a drug to slow his heartbeat to make it appear as if he had died so he could flee Oakdale and go after Lucy and Johnny.
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Dusty Donovan had never gotten that far because he was taken by someone and put in the cage.
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Dusty Donovan said James was the real crook and pointed a gun at him.
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Paul then shot at his father, but the bullet grazed Dusty Donovan, causing him to fall on James.
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Dusty Donovan stayed behind, promising not to go back to Oakdale.
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Dusty Donovan had sworn her to secrecy about him so she kept quiet.
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Dusty Donovan was interrogated by Margo and he told her the story.
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At the reading of James' will shortly after, Paul goes ballistic that Dusty Donovan was still the heir to the Stenbeck fortune.
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Meg told Dusty Donovan and asked him to pay off the loan to keep her and Paul from going bankrupt.
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Dusty Donovan threatened Dusty multiple times and warned him to stay away from Meg.
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Dusty Donovan fell for it and followed them only to find this was all a set-up arranged by Paul when he catches them in New York.
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Dusty Donovan confronted Paul in front of Meg and she said if Paul did anything else, they were over.
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Dusty Donovan went to Meg and told her what Paul did and returned the $3,000.
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Dusty Donovan didn't know what to think but soon became convinced that this woman might be his deceased wife Jennifer.
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Dusty Donovan took off to New York and found the woman, who was a dead ringer for Jennifer, but wasn't Jennifer herself.
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Dusty Donovan's name was Josie Matthews Driver, and she recently had an accident, which had caused her amnesia.
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When she told them to Dusty Donovan, he recognized them as events that happened to Jennifer, and the two became more convinced that Josie was somehow connected to Jennifer.
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Dusty Donovan was hired two weeks earlier by Paul, who was obsessed with getting Dusty out of town.
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Dusty Donovan figured out that it was Paul who hired Josie and went to confront him.
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Emily called Paul to tell him that Dusty Donovan knew and that he was coming over to confront him.
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When Dusty Donovan arrived and told Paul what he did, Paul denied doing anything.
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Dusty Donovan pushed and Paul admitted to hiring Josie to portray Jennifer to get Dusty Donovan out of town.
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Paul pointed his gun at Dusty Donovan and said he was going to kill him.
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Dusty Donovan warned Paul if he did this then Meg would never want him again, but Paul said it was worth the risk.
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Dusty Donovan pointed the gun at Paul and told him to drop it.
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Dusty Donovan was then forced to shoot Paul in self-defense, just as Meg entered the room.
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Dusty Donovan ran to Paul, who said Dusty tried to kill him.
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Dusty Donovan then goes to Java and calls Josie, who is leaving town, to meet him there, saying he owes it to him after what she's done.
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Dusty Donovan then meets him and he asked her why she agreed to portray Jennifer.
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Dusty Donovan told him she had expensive college loans and Paul agreed to pay them off, saying it was easy money.
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Dusty Donovan told him it was Josie Anderson, Josie being short for Josephine.
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Dusty Donovan told her how he shot Paul and how the police were after him.
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Dusty Donovan told her how Paul hired Josie to portray Jennifer and how when he confronted Paul, he tried to kill him, and how he shot Paul in self-defense because Paul came at him with an ax.
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Dusty Donovan doesn't believe it and to prove it, he finds Josie and brings her to the police station.
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Dusty Donovan thinks it's a trick and asks how she got involved with Craig.
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Josie said she didn't know him and she again offers to tell the police about Paul hiring her but again, Dusty Donovan won't hear of it.
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Dusty Donovan tells her it's because, like Jennifer, she too was a victim of Paul Ryan and he didn't want her to suffer anymore because of him.
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Dusty Donovan tells Josie to tell Meg the truth about Paul.
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Dusty Donovan told Meg how Dusty didn't care about getting out of jail, only about Meg knowing the truth about Paul.
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Dusty Donovan tells him to look her in the eyes and tell her what he did to Dusty.
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Dusty Donovan then makes him tell the police the truth.
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Dusty Donovan then tells Dusty she's getting a divorce from Paul.
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Dusty Donovan then takes her to Java where they catch Paul harassing Josie.
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Dusty Donovan calls Dusty, who is with Josie at Al's Diner, and tells him of this.
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Dusty Donovan then goes to the cabin and finds Meg going into labor and an unconscious Paul.
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Dusty Donovan calls an ambulance for Paul and tells Meg he'll have to get her to the hospital now.
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Dusty Donovan finds the pill bottle and sets it beside Paul, saying now they'll know what Paul overdosed on.
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However, where there's a father, a daughter is never far behind, and soon, Dusty Donovan comes face to face with Lucy, who has reached a point where she will kill everyone who gets in her way of getting what she wants.
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Dusty Donovan tells Lucy she needs to leave town cause even if she isn't charged, Craig will find a way to make her suffer for what she did.
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Lucy agrees, but says Dusty Donovan must try to make peace with Craig for Johnny's sake and she must say goodbye to Johnny.
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Dusty Donovan offers to make peace with Craig if he spares him.
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Dusty Donovan proposed to Meg to make him look like a family man.
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Dusty Donovan said it will prove to her estranged husband Paul that their life together was over and he'll stop stalking her to get her to take him back.
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Meg refused, not being in love with him, but Dusty Donovan convinces her to consider.
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Dusty Donovan tells Josie that he has to do it for Johnny because he comes first.
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Meg almost considers, but brings up Dusty Donovan's proposal, having been told by an angry Josie.