Deaths So Far (and it's just July)

[IceWizard]

DECEMBER 2025




Anthony Geary

Anthony Geary, the actor who portrayed Luke across five decades of General Hospital
and earned eight Daytime Emmy Awards during his tenure, died Dec. 14 in the Netherlands
following an operation three days earlier. He was 78. Born Tony Dean Geary in
Coalville, Utah, Geary originated the role of antihero Lucas Lorenzo Spencer on
General Hospital in 1978. Despite what was supposed to be a 13-week run,
audiences responded well to the complexity of the character and writers
scrapped plans to kill off Luke to capitalize on the popularity of the pairing
between Luke and Laura Webber (Genie Francis). The role earned Geary eight
Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama, a record that still
remains in that category. Geary had a love-hate relationship with the character
of Luke, initially exited the show in 1984 to pursue other opportunities and
resuming the role in 1993 through 2015 — though he did take a few hiatuses
from the show during that time. Geary's final onscreen episode of General Hospital
aired July 27, 2015, with the character existing almost exclusively off screen
until his official death in Jan. 3, 2022. In the shocking episode, Luke's widow
Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliott) reveals to his former and eternal flame Laura
that Luke's been killed in a cable car "accident" in Austria.