{"id":2200095,"date":"2025-12-15T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2200095"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:15:11","slug":"general-hospital-actor-anthony-geary-dies-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/general-hospital-actor-anthony-geary-dies-at-78\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;General Hospital&#8217; actor Anthony Geary dies at 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2Fgeneral-hospital-actor-anthony-geary-117392342.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d over a 40-year time span, has died. He was 78. <\/p>\n<p>The soap star passed away Sunday in Amsterdam, a family member confirmed to<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/15\/general-hospital-anthony-geary-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> TMZ.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geary died of complications from a scheduled operation three days earlier, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1234092\/anthony-geary-dead-general-hospital-luke-spencer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV Insider.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anthony Geary at the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2012. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anthony Geary, Genie Francis in \u201cGeneral Hospital.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was a shock for me and our families and our friends,\u201d\u00a0his husband, Claudio Gama, told the outlet. \u201cFor more than 30 years, Tony has been my friend, my companion, my husband.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anthony Geary with his husband Claudio Gama. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Claudio Gama<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Geary was born in Coalville, Utah on May 29, 1947. <\/p>\n<p>He made his first TV appearance on an episode of \u201cRoom 222\u201d in 1970, before snagging roles in \u201cAll in the Family,\u201d \u201cThe Partridge Family <\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d over a 40-year time span, has died. He was 78. The soap star passed away Sunday in Amsterdam, a family member confirmed to TMZ. Geary died of complications from a scheduled operation three days earlier, according to TV Insider. 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