Dusty Donovan
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| First appearance | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | September 17, 2010 | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Works at Worldwide Industries Former Owner of Metro Formerly Half-owner of The Intruder Former Employee at Worldwide Industries Former Partner in Metro Former Investor |
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| Residence | The Lakeview 1440 Lakeview Road Oakdale, IL 60324 Suite |
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| Stepfather | Burke Donovan |
| Spouse | Jennifer Munson (2006) |
| Sons | Lorenzo Donovan |
| Adoptive sons | Johnny Montgomery (former) |
| Uncles | Lars Stenbeck |
Dustin "Dusty" Donovan is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama As the World Turns. He was recently portrayed by Grayson McCouch from February 18, 2003 to January 18, 2008. McCouch returned to the role on September 24, 2008.
Born Dustin Donovan, he was the son of Nicole Berryesa Donovan and her lover Gunnar St. Clair, but was legally raised by Burke Donovan as Nicole died giving birth to him. In 1983, a rebellious teen, Dusty arrived in Oakdale with his stepfather, horse trainer Burke Donovan. He quickly became involved with Lily Snyder, daughter of rich and wealthy Lucinda Walsh. Though Lucinda wasn't thrilled with this relationship, she preferred Dusty over the new stableboy, Holden Snyder, who also had a crush on Lily. Lily was stuck between both boys, but eventually lost her virginity to Dusty. Around the time Holden was trying to win over Lily, Dusty slept with Meg Snyder, who afterwards pretended to be pregnant by him to cut him loose from Lily. When Dusty found out Meg lied, he broke up with her, but didn't get back together with Lily. He befriended Paul Stenbeck, and a discovery about their family was made. Paul's father and Dusty's father were switched at birth, making Dusty's father and Dusty himself the rich heir of the Stenbecks. However, after some time, Dusty felt as if he didn't belong in Oakdale anymore. With Lily being with Holden and his father dead, Dusty decided it was time for him to leave Oakdale.
In 2003, Rose D'Angelo met a charming stranger who seemed to know Lily, Rose's twin sister. Though Rose tried to fight her feelings the handsome and wealthy man, being engaged to Paul who had changed his name to "Ryan", she found herself falling for the man. It was then that Oakdale found out the man was in fact Dusty Donovan, who made a fortune while he was away. Rose tried to stay committed to Paul, but Dusty kept hitting on her and eventually, the two had an affair. It turned out Barbara Ryan, Paul's mother, had paid Dusty to come between Paul and Rose. Paul did break off the engagement, but it was later back on track, when Rose broke everything off with Dusty.
Dusty took over the nightclub "Metro" and became business partners with Molly Conlan, with whom he soon started an affair. Though Molly fell in love with Dusty, he made it clear they only slept together and he had no intention dating her. Dusty got himself into trouble when he asked one of his employees, Aaron Snyder, to deliver a package for him. Aaron was caught by the cops and the package turned out to be drugs. Dusty 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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