R.I.P.: Anthony Geary has passed away

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I am in shock. Quotes from his husband in the article. I will have to collect my thoughts. Sad for his family and friends.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/anthony-geary-dead-general-hospital-luke-spencer-1236450901/

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I just came here to see if this was posted. I was never a big Luke fan, but I can appreciate what he did for the genre. Such a legend. RIP.

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What?!

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May he rest in peace!

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Fúck. What a day, week, month, year, decade. Century.

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OMG

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They will have to honor him in someway?

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5 minutes ago, Vee said:
Fúck. What a day, week, month, year, decade. Century.

The last few days have been heartbreaking.

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https://www.tvinsider.com/1234092/anthony-geary-dead-general-hospital-luke-spencer/

I didn't realize he was 78 years old

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They really should handle Luke's death in a better way going forward. I viscerally hate how poorly and perfunctorily it was done in story, and it was clearly half-assed because Frank gambled he could get Tony (elderly, on the other side of the world, temperamental) back for the anniversary IMO. Bobbie was still openly questioning his death just in time for the 60th. But since it's 'settled' onscreen we'll probably just get a card at the end of the show or something. As it is I don't feel Laura ever really was allowed to process his death onscreen, nor were most others.

I myself never gave up on having Luke back, just for a little while, to conclude things for the character and his family properly. That will never happen now, but there are ways to do some of it with him gone. Still, what matters most today is Tony's incredible body of work as such a complex, complicated performer and person who was indelible to General Hospital.

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2 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:
They will have to honor him in someway?

They haven't done Tristan Rogers, Denise Alexander, not even in memoriam at the end of a show,

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Just say he was still alive and give a week long send off

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1 minute ago, reallyhateskateonlost said:
They haven't done Tristan Rogers, Denise Alexander, not even in memoriam at the end of a show,

They are going to.

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The easiest path would be having Luke’s body recovered, allowing the show to re-honor the character and actor.

Monica’s tribute happened months after her actual passing, same with Bobbie. Give them time to deal with Robert and Lesley.

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Oh God.

This has been a terrible, terrible weekend.

RIP

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I do think Abigail Klein is at least serviceable and I don't hate Stephanie. The character just has 0 personality. She morphs interests and desires every time she switches boyfriends. And it's not as if any of her pairings have even been mildly popular.
I agree about C/F obviously. It's better, but not special. The bar was so low the lack of offensive material made the show seem like it was moving in the right direction. The show really isn't moving anywhere lol. It's just existing day to day.

By carolineg · 3 minutes ago3 min
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Given the news with Rob Reiner today I certainly did not expect to hear Tony Gerry passing away. This shortly after the anniversary of Luke and Laura's wedding too! Anthony was perhaps the biggest actor in all of soaps, and he was a part of the most famous pairing in soaps.
I grew up on JFP era GH, and only knew Luke as the comically cynical gambler and drunk. Laura was the woman in the rocking chair. I had no idea until I watched the 50th anniversary marathon that Luke was a leading man back in the day, then a well balanced family man/shaky business in the 90s. A certain light disappeared from the character after Laura went into catatonia. The character was further degraded when they claimed he ran over Jake.
In my mind, the last scene of GH would've been Luke and Laura getting remarried after they did all the healing work from their traumatic years together. Sadly, that will not happen. But at least the character of Bobbie was still alive to mourn Luke when he was killed off.
What I will always wonder is why the actor resented the pairing and the version of the role that made him a household name. RIP.

By Planet Soap · 5 minutes ago5 min
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Yes she aged 45… she died from her illness

By AMCOLTLLover · 7 minutes ago7 min
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It's sad. I never liked the ending they gave the character in 2015 and then 2022. I still don't understand them jumping the gun and killing off Luke in 2022. What was that all about?
IMHO, the character should have been kept alive off screen, and officially said to pass when the actor did, especially for a character that was the superstar lead on the show for so long. There's very little way to pay tribute to him on screen now.

By Jdee43 · 12 minutes ago12 min
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Here's her monthly stats the last two years she was on the show:
1/78: 3
2/78: 4
3/78: 11
4/78: 1
5/78: 2
6/78: 2
7/78: 2
8/78: 4
9/78: 1
10/78: 4
11/78: 2
1/79: 1
2/79: 3
3/79: 6
4/79: 7
5/79: 11
6/79: 7
7/79: 8
8/79: 9
9/79: 9

By JAS0N47 · 25 minutes ago25 min
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And Johnny Wactor and Billy Miller (along with Tyler Christopher) dying so young and tragically. It’s devastating.
And Nneka Garland behind the scenes…

By Faulkner · 33 minutes ago33 min
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God, do I agree with this. Stephanie just doesn't cut it as a lead carrying this much story.
DAYS has all the elements to being good, but the truth is, it's not. Cwikly and Ford are better than Ron C, but that doesn't mean much when they're still not what I'd call solid. They aren't giving me anything to be excited about, and it feels like everything is on low simmer.

By ranger1rg · 37 minutes ago37 min
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By dragonflies · 38 minutes ago38 min
R.I.P.: Anthony Geary has passed away

Awful news. I've certainly said my fair share about Luke and the Eckerts on here over the years, but when he was on and committed, there was never anybody better. He was a huge part of growing up watching GH in the 90s and 2000s.
His relationships with Laura, Bobbie, Robert, and Lucky will get most of the attention, but I want to mention how good he was with a lot of the rest of the cast in that era. His relationships with Tony, Lucy, Felicia, Tiffany, Sonny, Carly, Nikolas, Alexis, Tracy- all so different, unique, and you really felt the connections.
Monica, Luke, Robert, Rick, and Lesley in one year is so much loss. Add in Bobbie, Alan, Nikolas, Sean, and Epiphany in the past couple of years and it's almost unfathomable.

By AdelaideCate007 · 38 minutes ago38 min
R.I.P.: Anthony Geary has passed away

I agree with this. You can see it in her shows, there is always movement. Those talking head scenes were walking around the nurses station, stopping at the counter at Kelly’s, etc. Scenes in the Webber home often begin or end with someone coming down the stairs, or headed to the door. I am sure Geary had run into plenty of issues where staging in a more traditional way hindered what he wanted to do and could seem stifling. Monty allowed improvisation, and spontaneity to be encouraged in rehearsals.
As a kid I always noticed that the ABC soaps of that era just felt more modern. When I watch old episodes now, the ABC shows still stand out that way. They took risks. Now I am not saying I think everything they did was fantastic- they had plenty of flops and bad ideas.

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