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GH and DAYS Co-Stars Pay Tribute and Mourn the Loss of Tyler Christopher

By Michael Fairman

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The soap opera world is in mourning following the the news on Tuesday of the passing of Tyler Christopher (ex-Nikolas, GH and ex-Stefan, DAYS) at the age of 50-years-old.  According to Tyler’s longtime co-star and friend, GH’s Maurice Benard (Sonny), Tyler died in his apartment in San Diego, California.  No further details on his death have been made available at this time.

Since the news of Christopher’s passing, many of the actor’s General Hospital and Days of our Lives co-stars have taken to social media to express their grief and pay tribute to their former colleague. Tyler played the role of the dark prince of the Cassadine clan on GH from 1996-2016. His final daytime soap stop was that of Days of our Lives, where he originated the role of Stefan DiMera from 2017-2019. Currently, that role is played by Brandon Barash.

Below, are just some of the touching remembrances for Tyler. We will continue to update this post as more tributes to pour in across social media.

Sarah Brown (ex-Carly, ex-Claudia, GH) “I’m gutted. Tyler Christopher was a joy to work with. His smile & sense of humor lit up the stage. I enjoyed every minute of our time together. You never what someone else is silently coping with. R.I.P. old friend My condolences to his family & many fans around the world.”

Steve Burton (ex-Jason, GH, Harris, DAYS):  “This hits hard. Really hard. Sometimes I use the word ‘brother; loosely. But when I called Tyler my brother, I meant it ..there’s a group of us…that have done and still would do anything for each other. That’s a brother. We lost one. A beautiful and talented soul at that. It hurts. Thank you for the memories brother Ty. Love you. See you in Heaven. ”

Kelly Thiebaud (ex-Britt, GH) “I was lucky enough to get partnered up with some wonderful leading men on General Hospital , Tyler was one of them. I learned so much about working on a Soap during that time together. He was a great scene partner and was always kind to me. I remember feeling anxiously excited to get to work with such a legend on the show. Before getting on GH, I would sometimes watch the show and my favorite couple was Nikolas and Emily, so you can imagine how excited I was when we got paired up. Tyler was so talented and made you feel something when you watched him. My heart breaks for his family and the loss they are dealing with. You will always be remembered Tyler. Rest in peace.”

Sean Kanan (ex-AJ, GH, Deacon, B&B) “Stunned to hear that Tyler Christopher passed away. I have no words. RIP my friend.”

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Ted King (ex-Alcazar, GH): “This hurts. Please rest in peace Tyler. Your talents will not be forgotten!”

Kin Shriner (Scott, GH): “RIP Tyler so sad he was a huge talent and I had the pleasure of working with him a few months ago as well as the fun times General Hospital”

Nicolas Bechtel (ex-Spencer, GH) “Our chemistry was unmatched. Working with you for so many years was a pleasure and a blessing. Some may argue we were the greatest Father/Son duo on Daytime, and I agree. My heart is with Greysun, Bo, and all of the people who love you. Rest In Eternal Peace.”

Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Spencer, GH) “Tyler we never had the opportunity to work with one another but in the process of working on GH I’ve watched tons of tape on you. You were one hell of an actor and it pains me to know that you’re gone. Thank you for the meaningful contributions you made to our medium. Rest easy.”

Stephen Martines (ex-Nikolas, GH): “Tyler Christoper and I were always cordial and although our versions of Nikolas Cassadine may have been different, we loved the character the same. This is such a sad loss for General Hospital and the fans. My heart goes out to everyone. Love, light and prayers.”

Jon Lindstrom (Kevin, GH)  “Oh man. Tyler Christopher.  Flight of Angels. #RIP”

Kathleen Gati (Liesl, GH):  “I am once again devastated by yet another loss of a wonderful colleague and beautiful human being. Deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Tyler Christopher”

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Kate Mansi: (ex-Abigail, Days, Kristina, GH): Just heard the news about Tyler. He was a force. Someone just sent me a story when we first aired together and I was quoted as saying, “Tyler and I really hit the ground running. He was electric.” I remember feeling exactly that. I’m proud of him and the way he spoke up about mental difference and was vocal about his struggles finding peace and balance in hopes of helping others. Sending my love to his family and kids.”

Brandon Barash (ex-Johnny GH, Stefan, DAYS): “Rest in strength and peace, friend.”

Ron Carlivati (ex-head writer, GH and current head writer, DAYS): “A super talented actor and a super sweet guy. #RIP Tyler Christopher.”

Vanessa Marcil (ex-Brenda, GH): “Ugh another loss, waaayyy too young. RIP Tyler Christopher.”

Laura Wright (Carly, GH): “Thank you for the memories Tyler- rest easy my friend ❤️🙏🏻💔”

Adam Huss (Nikolas, GH) “This is so tragic and heartbreakingly sad. My heart goes out to his entire family and friends who loved him. Brilliant actor who inspired me (and continues to ) in many many ways.”

Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis, GH) “Life can sometimes prove hardest for the sweetest & tenderest souls. I hope Greyson & Boheme can 1 day find these posts online to see how truly cherished their dad was.”

Rebecca Budig (ex-Hayden, GH): “Gut punched. Sweet Tyler. I only worked with him briefly but his kindness left it’s mark. We had many talks about his kids whom he loved so dearly. Praying for them and his family. May he rest in peace.”

Mary Beth Evans (ex-Katherine, GH, Kayla, DAYS):  “Tyler. I am heartbroken.  I first met Tyler Christopher when he was in his 20s and joined General Hospital. He was always the sweetest guy … kind and thoughtful. And what an actor! Years later, I was so honored to share our Emmy night! And when he came to Days of Our Lives, I was so excited because he was so good and I knew the show would love him. My heart aches for Tyler’s beautiful children, family and loved ones. I know he fought the good fight and hope that he can now rest in peace.💔”

What do you think about the sentiments shared by many of Tyler’s co-stars? Share your remembrances and thoughts via the comment section below.

 

 

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I think there is a tendency to think soap actors are just a pretty face but he was such a good actor so talented I just loved him.

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Years ago I read it in her book Jeanne cooper on Y&R had a drinking problem Bill Bell helped her sent her to rehab etc saved her life and I wish other producers had that courage it’s nice to say flowery things but bell put his money where his mouth was saved JC and we got to enjoy a character for many years! Courage is all it takes

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Yes they should’ve stepped up and helped Tyler.

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Who says:

A) they didn’t
B) why is it their responsibility to do that for him?

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Yes i agree. Someone should have gelped both tyler and billy i was surprised ti hear that bell did it 4 jeannue cooper someone shld have done it 4 both of these Spectular actors as well. I loved both these actors and am feeling their loss though i am just a fan rest easy guys.

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I’ve thought that for years. He even got nominated for a daytime Emmy the year he was let go. His life pretty much disintegrated after that. I wish so badly it had gone differently.

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Sweet tributes but the hard question to ask is this– when Tyler was struggling and homeless did any of his former GH or Days costars help him? Why was he homeless? It looks like Maurice did but how about anyone else? Why was he homeless? He needed help.

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How do you know that people didn’t try and help him? We have no idea what really went on and the personal details of his life, as far as who might have tried to help him. It’s easy to pass judgment from afar without knowing all the facts. People with addiction issues can only be helped if they want to accept the help. That also must be considered. The bottom line is we don’t know all the facts. So making comments like this person should have helped him, or that person should have helped him, really aren’t appropriate.

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Its very appropriate. You see all these tributes but then hear Tyler in his interview with Maurice talk about being homeless. It didn’t sound like in that interview he received much help. As Bill Bell helped Jeanne Cooper when she had a problem with alcohol, why didn’t these people help Tyler instead of firing him?

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We don’t know all the circumstances in either Tyler’s nor Jeanne’s cases. So, no judgements should be cast on any part.

We are also talking about two distinct (but semi-related issues. Alcoholism and mental illness. Both of which impact individuals in very different ways.

Yes, cast and crew can (and should) still help, but remember there’s still a business to be run. If someone’s repeated actions keep causing disruptions in the workplace, steps have to be taken to ensure a safe and functioning environment for all employees.

Again, we don’t know all the details. What we do know is an incredibly talented man is gone. And that is quite sad.

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Once again, you have no idea who helped Tyler and who didn’t. Don’t make assumptions and pass judgment on things that you don’t have the full facts about. It’s wonderful that Jeanne Cooper received help and decided to go public with it in her book. That doesn’t mean that people didn’t try to help Tyler. It’s tragic what happened to Tyler and I understand that you’re looking for someone to blame, but making assumptions and trying to somehow blame ABC, Frank Valentini, whoever you’re trying to blame here, is really distasteful and offensive.

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Did Bill Bell help Jeanne Cooper stop playing grab ass with her male costars? It’s a fact she grabbed their d*cks, too.

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If you watch his State of Mind interview with Maurice Benard at about 53 minutes in, he talks about being homeless –that he got on a train from OH to CA –someone had told him that he could stay with them and when he got to CA that person said no that he could not come there. He said he had nowhere to go, that alot of his friends had left him and he had no one to call. He said he walked and walked and ended up on skid row where he said he lived for 2 weeks. Right there in interview Tyler says this. Here is someone who had been in daytime since about 1997 approxmately and he had no one to call? I just don’t understand that–so sad. Why did he feel he had no one to call? He did go on to say later in interview that he only had his laptop with him and he had enough battery to make one text and he texted a friend and that friend came, helped him, put him up in hotel, etc. and Tyler said this person saved his life. Tyler never reveals who this was in the interview

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I applaud Adam Huss & Stephen Martines for standing up and acknowledging Tyler Christopher’s impact on the role of Nikolas as they followed in his footsteps. Takes a standup person to do that, and they both impressed upon me the importance the role of Nikolas is to them, as well as Christopher’s legacy in the role.

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Indeed, and the caring comment from Nicholas Chavez – who as Spencer – never shared scenes with Tyler sticks out as well.

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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)

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It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.

The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.

Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST

Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”

Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”

Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”

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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL

Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”

You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.

So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!

 

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Steve Burton Reportedly Signs Three-Year Contract with ‘General Hospital’

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The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.

TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.

That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.

Steve Burton

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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES

GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.

Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).

Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.

GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS

Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.

Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.

Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.

So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?

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On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.

Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.

However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.

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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON

Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.

He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.

Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”

General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”

So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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