FILE - Actor Tristan Rogers attends the Season 4 Private Cast Screening Of "The Bay" at Garry Marshall Theatre on December 19, 2018 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)
Tristan Rogers, known for his longtime role as Robert Scorpio on "General Hospital," has died.
He was 79 years old.
Tristan Rogers’ death
Rogers’ death was confirmed by his longtime manager Meryl Soodak, according to reports. She said Rogers died Friday morning after battling lung cancer, though he had never been a smoker.
Rogers shared his cancer diagnosis publicly last month. He’s survived by his wife, two children and a grandchild, according to Deadline.
What they're saying:
"General Hospital" Executive Producer Frank Valentini announced Rogers' death in a personal statement shared on the ABC TV series' official Instagram page Friday. Last month, Rogers' representative confirmed 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 Rogers’ career
The backstory:
Rogers appeared in more than 1,400 episodes of "General Hospital," intermittently starring in the popular daytime soap opera for more than 40 years, according to Fox News Digital.
Rogers, who was Australian, first began playing the Scorpio role in 1980. He briefly left the series in 1992 when his character was killed off, only to reappear in 1995 as a spirit, before returning to the show in 2006 when his character was found alive again.
He appeared in a dozen episodes of "General Hospital: Night Shift," and his character's last appearance on "General Hospital" was on July 18, the same day he shared his cancer diagnosis.
"Robert has always had kind of a glib approach to everything; he’s a bit of a smart-mouth," Rogers told Soap Opera Digest in 2018. He also noted, "I’m working with a lot of different people … And I think the fans are going to like it."
The Source: This report includes information from Deadline, Fox News Digital and Soap Opera Digest.