Matthew Buchanan is the son of Bo and Nora, one of the show's premier couples. He was conceived out of deperation to give Bo something to live for when he was near death. Nora was so determined to give Bo a child after the death of his son Drew that she enlisted the help of Sam Rappaport, friend and Attorney-at-Law. She even had Asa's blessings because her motives were right. Ironically for fans of Bo and Nora, this act of kindness, was seen as betrayal and it was the straw that broke the backs of one of OLTL's most beloved couples and due to faked DNA results, for years Matthew was thought to be the son of Sam Rappaport.
In spite of it all,their fans, having the tenacity of Nora, herself, never gave up. They waited, and they waited and they waited and finally TIIC reunited Bo and Nora, but not of course without some major hurdles in their way. They overcame all of them, only to discover that Matthew who had never been in any trouble before, had killed a man. Yes! Little Matthew Buchanan grew up to be a murderer and now he's a dead murderer.
Matthew's death stunned viewers, leaving them dazed and confused; however, it was Prospect Park who dealt the death blow when they officially pulled the plug on All My Children and One Life To Live. Plans to go ahead with their proposed online project have been cancelled.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/23/why-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live-are-dead.html
Last week the actors were basically told to get the hell out of the ABC studios, and the day before Thanksgiving they were told that they officially had nowhere to go.
