Actor Tristan Rogers has died at age 79 following a battle with lung cancer.
His manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed his passing with ABC7 News, telling the outlet Rogers died Friday morning following a battle with the ailment.
Soodak added his client had never been a smoker.
Since 1980, Rogers had been portraying Robert Scorpio on General Hospital – a role Soodak said ‘meant everything to him.’
While he did not appear on every episode, he still was a long-standing presence on the series with 1461 episodes under his belt.
‘He loved being Scorpio and he created that role from nothing. He was supposed to work a day and he ended up making it into something huge. He was just a genuinely loyal, kind human being and he loved his family,’ he said.
Actor Tristan Rogers, pictured L, has died following a battle with lung cancer
Since 1980, Rogers had been portraying Robert Scorpio on General Hospital; Rogers pictured upper left
