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.

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, handsome and “spectacular” friend who starred on the ABC drama for more than 40 years.