"General Hospital" star Anthony Geary has died, his publicist confirmed to KABC. He was 78. The soap opera star is known for playing Luke Spencer on the hit ABC daytime drama.

Daytime dramas are known for supercouples, but one rose above them all: General Hospital ’s Luke and Laura. And in November 1981, Luke Spencer and Laura Webber tied the knot in a wedding so vast that even Elizabeth Taylor even made a cameo appearance.

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.

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