Anthony Geary, Luke on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies
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Despite that ignominious beginning, the romance became a fan favorite and helped turn General Hospital into a pop culture juggernaut. Their wedding was watched by 30 million people, the highest-rated episode of an American soap opera, ever. During the height of Luke and Laura’s romance, they averaged 14 million viewers an episode.
Genie Francis, who played General Hospital‘s Laura to Anthony Geary’s Luke as one of the great supercouple’s in soap opera history, recalled her former co-star in an emotional post on X. “He spoiled me for leading men for the rest of my life,