"[2] Prinz told the New York Post in December 2009 that they recast Penny, however that actress only lasted 13 weeks due to enormous "uproar".

[1] Prinz also wanted the show to deal with the death of the country's president John F. Kennedy in 1963.

"When Kennedy died, there was four days of complete television coverage, Friday to Monday, and it was just — the nation was in this deep mourning.

I couldn’t wait for my contract to be over — I paid the analyst, I got un-crazy and I didn’t want to do the show anymore.

Penny and Greg Williams made a date which Meg Blaine overheard and didn't tell her Jeff is in the hospital.

They got married again with their parents' blessing but tragedy struck when they got into a car accident which killed Jeff instantly and put Penny into a coma.

Realizing that Jeff had been killed in the accident, distraught, Penny ran out into the rain calling his name.

Finally, he realized that Penny was not the cause of his problems and, with some help from his father, Dr. Doug Cassen, he opened a bookstore.

Several years later, Penny found romance again with Roy McGuire, her sister-in-law, Sandy's, ex-husband.

Feeling that Oakdale had nothing left to offer, Penny moved to New York City and later England where she met and married Anton Cunningham, a race car driver.

In 1972, Penny sent her adopted daughter, Amy Lin, to stay with Nancy and Chris when she had a major disagreement with Anton.

A well-spoken, intelligent young lady, Amy was welcomed warmly by the Hugheses but felt like an outcast with most of the Americans her age.

Penny’s nephew, Tom, discovered that Amy's grandmother, Mrs. Parsons, was by coincidence, a resident of Oakdale and a patient of Dr. Rick Ryan's.

Penny has returned to Oakdale on occasion, including Bob and Kim's wedding, her parents' 50th anniversary, her father's funeral, her mother's 80th birthday (during which she uttered the immortal line, "Who are all these people?"