ANTHONY GEARY 1947-2025

Acclaimed actor Anthony Geary, whose work as Luke Spencer on General Hospital helped transform daytime television, died December 14 at age 78.

- STEPHANIE SLOANE

His death followed complications from a scheduled surgical procedure performed three days earlier.

A native of Coalville, Utah, Geary began his soap career in 1971 on Bright Promise, where he played David Lockhart. He went on to appear on The Young and the Restless in 1973, the year it premiered, as George Curtis, a rapist, and he caught the attention of General Hospital executive producer Gloria Monty, who cast him in 1978 as a small-time hood named Lukea character who would soon become one of the most influential figures in soap opera history.