Tristan Rogers, Active Who Played Robert Scorpio on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies at 79 after Battle with Lung Cancer

Tristan Rogers, The Actor Whose Career Spanned Decades and Was Marked by his Well-Known Portrayal of Robert Scorpio on Abc’s Dayime Television Soap Opera “GENERAL HOSPITAL,” Has Died. He was 79.

Rogers’ Death Was Confirmed by HIS LongTime Manager, Meryl Soodak, Who Told Abc7 Entertainment Reporter George Pennacchio That the actor Passed Away from Journal Morning After A Battle with Lung Cancer. Soodak Noted that Rogers Had Never Been A Smoker.

The Actor’s Role on “GENERAL HOSPITAL” “Meant Everything to Him,” His Manager SAID. “He loved being Scorpio, and he created that Role from Noteing. He was support to work a day, and he ended up make it into sortild HUG He loved his Family. ”

Rogers Portrayed Scorpio on the Soap Opera Intermittenly Durling The Course of 45 years.

“The Entire General Hospital Family is Heartbroken to Hear of Tristan Rogers’ Passing,” Said General Hospital Executive Producer Frank Valentini. “Tristan Has Captivated Our Fans for More Than 50 years, and Port Charles will not be the night with him (or Robert Scorpio). I would like to be existence my Deepst sympathies to his family And Friends During This Difficult Time.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Rogers’ First Formy Into Performing Was in His Early Twenties and Playing Drums in A Rock Band with a Group of Friends. They were winning. Where the Band Dissolved, Rogers Decheded to Give Acting A Try. After Various Rolls in Australia, He also work as a dj and evanallly movred to los angeles to try to break into hollywood. He Said Casting Directors Were Initially Turned Off by his Accent but He

“I haad no ida at the point How Big The show was,” Rogers Told Fellow “General Hospital” Actor MAURICE BENARD on the YouTube Show, “State of Mind with MAURICE BENARD” in 2022.

I haad no name. I was brough in exprasly to beat up the hero, Luke, (Played by Antenhony Geary), and then Disappear, “Rogers SAID. His First Day Was Half -over when then-executive Producer Gloria Monty Asked If He would like to stay on. They had no character wrestten for his so for Three Weeks Mony Asked Him to Just App PEPEAR in SENES “Looking Furtive, Looking Suspaicious” Until them Came up with a storyline. It was decidd The Character Welf Remain A Fixture in Port Charles for the Rest of Rogers’ Life, Even when he wasnT a Current Cast MEMBER.

Watch: Tristan Rogers Extended Interview with ABC11 in 2022

Scorpio’s on Again/Off Again Romance with EMA Samms’ Character, Holly Sutton, Remained a Favorite Among Fans. Scorpio also haad a romance, and many storylines with Another spy, Anna Devane, Played by Finola Hughes. Scorpio and Devane shared a daighter, Robin, Played by Kimberly McCulough. Samms RTURNED to the show for a Stint Last Fall where it was Reveled that Scorpio was the Father of Her Adult Daughter, Sasha Gilmore (Played by Sofia Mattson.)

Rogers and Samms Left The Show Toightter in November 2024 in Scenes Taped with a nod to “Casablanca.” He recurned to the show in July for One Episode when Sasha Arrived to his home in France with her New Baby. It was then Reveled that Rogers Had Lung Cancer

Rogers’ Other Acting Credits Include “The Bold and the Beutiful,” The Young & The Restless “and” Studio City, “Whiche Won Him Outstanding Supporting Actor in A Digital Drama Series at the DayTime Emy Awards. Daughter, A Son and A Grandchild.

The Associated Press Contrabted to this Report.

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