Genie Francis posted on X, “I hadn’t spoken to him in years, but I felt his life end in my sleep last night, and with it a big part of me, and mine.”
1 of 3 | Anthony Geary has died at the age of 78. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Eight-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Anthony Geary — who played Luke Spencer on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital, for decades — has died at the age of 78.
“It was a shock to me and our families and our friends,” Geary’s spouse, Claudio Gama, told TV Insider. “For more than 30 years, Tony has been my friend, my companion, my husband.”
Geary’s publicist also confirmed the sad news to KABC-TV Monday.
TMZ reported the Utah native died in Amsterdam on Sunday of complications from scheduled surgery three days earlier.
Soap Opera Digest noted Geary retired from acting in 2015.
He guest starred on All in the Family, The Partridge Family, Marcus Welby, M.D., Bright Promise, The Mod Squad and The Young and the Restless before joining GH in 1978 as the antihero Luke who romanced Genie Francis’ Laura.
Their 1981 afternoon wedding was watched by more than 30 million viewers, a daytime television record that stands today.
Francis took to X to mourn Geary’s death.
“This morning I woke up and went into my husband’s arms. In my sleep, my life was flashing before me and I was afraid of death. An hour later, I received a call from Frank Valentini, he told me Tony died,” Francis wrote.
“I immediately felt remorse, I hadn’t spoken to him in years, but I felt his life end in my sleep last night, and with it a big part of me, and mine. He was a powerhouse as an actor. Shoulder to shoulder with the greats. No star burned brighter than Tony Geary. He was one of a kind.”
Tristan Rogers, who played Luke’s best friend Robert Scorpio on the soap, died in August at the age of 79.
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Rob Reiner and Michele SingerActor and filmmaker Rob Reiner (L) and his wife Michele Singer pose for photographers as they arrive for the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on December 3, 2023. Reiner and Singer were found stabbed to death at their home in Los Angeles on December 14. Reiner was 78 and singer was 68. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo
