Tristan Rogers, longtime 'General Hospital' star and soap opera veteran, dead at 79

Tristan Rogers best known for starring as Robert Scorpio in the long-running soap opera General Hospital has died He was General Hospital Executive Producer Frank Valentini declared Rogers' death in a personal declaration shared on the ABC TV series' official Instagram page Friday Last month Rogers' representative established to Fox News Digital that the actor had been diagnosed with cancer The entire General Hospital family is heartbroken to hear of Tristan Rogers passing Valentini wrote alongside a photo of Rogers Tristan has captivated our fans for more than years and Port Charles will not be the same without him or Robert Scorpio he continued I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to his family and friends during this tough time Tristan was a one-of-a-kind talent and will be greatly missed May he rest in peace GENERAL HOSPITAL STAR TRISTAN ROGERS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AT Rogers appeared in more than episodes of General Hospital over more than four decades The Australian actor first began playing the Scorpio role in He briefly left the series in when his character was killed off only to reappear in as a spirit before returning to the show in when his character was detected alive again He appeared in a dozen episodes of General Hospital Night Shift and his character's last appearance on General Hospital was on Nov when Scorpio left town with his ex Holly Sutton Robert has unfailingly had kind of a glib approach to everything he s a bit of a smart-mouth he stated Soap Opera Digest in I m working with a lot of different people And I think the fans are going to like it GENERAL HOSPITAL TURNS THE SOAP OPERA'S STARS THEN AND NOWCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERIn addition to his role on General Hospital Rogers starred as Colin Atkinson on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless He appeared in nearly episodes of the show from to He earned a daytime Emmy in for outstanding performance by a supporting actor in a digital drama series for his work on Studio City Rogers was then nominated the following year for The Bay With more than credits to his name Rogers dabbled in voice work and voiced the character of Jake in The Rescuers Down Under Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this overview