Anthony Geary, General Hospital's Luke Spencer, Dead At 78

Posted December 15, 2025 by with 4 comments

More heartbreaking entertainment news, as soap opera legend Anthony Geary has died at 78. As Luke Spencer on General Hospital, Geary holds the record for most Lead Actor wins at the Daytime Emmys, picking up eight trophies over the course of his four decades on the show. A cause of death hasn’t been announced, but it’s been reported that he died from complications following an operation he had in Amsterdam last week. Geary as Luke and Genie Francis as Laura were one of the most popular soap powercouples of all time, and Francis posted the below tweets this morning remembering her co-star and friend:

A report from 2015 when Geary left GH for the final time:

Anthony Geary is survived by his husband Claudio, whom he married in 2019.

Report via ABC:

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