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.

He became a fixture on the popular daytime television show as Robert Scorpio, a spy who became a police commissioner.

Tristan Rogers, the Australian actor who made Robert Scorpio one of soap’s most iconic heroes, has died at the age of 79. His longtime manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed his passing to ABC 7 Eyewitness News on Friday, Aug. 15. Rogers had revealed in July that he’d been diagnosed with cancer.