Tristan Rogers, a long-time star of ABC’s daytime soap General Hospital, has died. Rogers, 79, died early Friday after a battle with lung cancer, though he had never been a smoker. He played Robert Scorpio on General Hospital over several stints for some 45 years and also had a run on CBS’ The Young and the Restless.

The soap world is remembering Tristan Rogers, the popular Aussie actor who played Robert Scorpio on General Hospital. Rogers, who died Aug. 15 of cancer at the age of 79, was remembered as a self-deprecating,

Tristan Rogers, who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC’s “General Hospital,” died Friday, less than one month after he made a special appearance on the soap opera. He was 79.