Daytime TV has said goodbye to one of their own.
Tristan Rogers—who was best known for playing the role of Robert Scorpio on the daytime soap opera General Hospital—has died, his manager confirmed to ABC 7. He was 79.
Meryl Soda shared that Rogers’s cause of death was a battle with lung cancer, despite having not been a smoker.
“He loved being Scorpio and he created that role from nothing,” Soodak shared with the outlet. “He was supposed to work a day and he ended up making it into something huge. He was just a genuinely loyal, kind human being and he loved his family.”
The news comes less than a month after the Australian star shared his lung cancer diagnosiswhich coincided with his final appearance on General Hospital.
“While he remains hopeful and is working closely with his medical team on a treatment plan, this is a challenging time for Tristan and his family,” a July statement from his rep read. “As they face both the emotional and physical burdens that come with this diagnosis, the family kindly asks for privacy and understanding.”
