[3] Her father, Ben Fraser, Sr. had suffered a heart attack, thus causing Liz, who had been living and working in Washington, D.C. to come home, leaving her D.C. fiance, Bruce Crawford.

Her family included a brother Ben, Jr. who worked a family farm, was married to Italian Rose Corelli; had three children, including a son, named Dan, and didn't have much to do with the newspaper; and a sister Emily, who was married to Jim Benson and, after Jim's death, to Frank Teton.

These include: Henderson Forsythe (Jim Benson), who went on to fame as Dr. David Stewart on As the World Turns; Charlotte Rae (Hilda Furman), who played Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life; Billie Lou Watt (Maggie Barker Weaver) who played Ellie Harper on Search for Tomorrow and the voice of Ma Bagge (Eustace's mother) on the series Courage the Cowardly Dog; Audra Lindley (Laura Tompkins), best known as Helen Roper from Three's Company and its spin-off The Ropers; Millette Alexander (Gloria Saxon), who appeared on As the World Turns, Guiding Light and The Edge of Night; Robert Mandan (David Allen) who later played Chester Tate on Soap, Colonel Fielding on the television adaptation of the movie Private Benjamin, and Sam Reynolds on Search for Tomorrow; Barbara Berjer (Lynn Franklin) who continued serial work, most notably on As the World Turns and Guiding Light; Richard Thomas (Richard), known as John-Boy Walton #1 from The Waltons; Joseph Mascolo (Jack Lander), known for his roles as Stefano DiMera on Days of Our Lives and Massimo Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful; John Karlen, later known as Willie Loomis #2 on Dark Shadows and Harvey Lacey of Cagney & Lacey; and John Colenback (Jimmy Hull) who played Dr. Dan Stewart on As the World Turns.

Bovasso, who played Rose Corelli, Ben Fraser, Jr.'s wife, had a disagreement with a specific line's meaning, and she walked off the set.

Ben, Sr. who had become Strathfield's mayor, had cleaned up the town of organized crime; Kass, the Fraser's lovable maid, had received a great big settlement from her late husband's estate; Lyddy had announced she was engaged; and Liz and her husband, David had achieved mutual success as writers.