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‘General Hospital’ Stars Salute Lynn Herring on Her 40th Anniversary as Lucy Coe

By Michael Fairman

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One of the all-time greatest assets and MVPs of General Hospital, the wonderful Lynn Herring, is getting her due today on Saturday, April 11. On this date back in 1986, Herring made her debut on the ABC soap opera as Lucy Coe.

When viewers first met Lucy, she was a mousy librarian who later turned out to be the town home wrecker and husband stealer! As the years went on, while maintaining the essence of Lucy, the character and Lynn have made the annual GH Nurses’ Ball must-see TV with the heart, drama and comedy brought year after year in memorable performances by Lynn.

While the actress has come and gone from GH several times during the four decades: when taking on the roles of Lisanne Gardner on Days of our Lives or Audrey Coleman on As the World Turns, or bringing Lucy to the GH spin-off Port Charles, the long-running General Hospital has remained her home.

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To mark the occasion, the entire cast of the ABC soap opera, participated in a celebrating Lynn’s 40th anniversary with a heartfelt viral video that shows just how much the cast adores, appreciates and loves Lynn. The General Hospital social media accounts expressed, “We love you, Lynn. Never Change!”

Participating stars included: Giovanni Mazza (Gio), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Josh Swickard (Chase), Lisa LoCiero (Olivia), Genie Francis (Laura), Jane Elliot (Tracy), John J. York (Mac), Kristina Wagner (Felicia), Braedyn Bruner (Emma), Kate Mansi (Kristina), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Katelyn MacMullen (Will0w), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn), Donnell Turner (Curtis), and Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth).

In addition, the following stars also send along video messages to Lynn, including: Brook Kerr (Portia), Chris McKenna (Jack), Tabyana Ali (Trina), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Eden McCoy (Josslyn), Ryan Paevey (Cassius), Sawandi Wilson (Isaiah), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Tanisha Harper (Jordan), Nazneen Contractor (Justine), Kelly Thiebaud (Britt), Finn Carr (Rocco), Rick Hearst (Ric), Laura Wright (Carly), James Patrick Stuart (Valentin), Van Hansis (Lucas), Carlo Rota (Sidwell), Maura West (Ava), Rory Gibson (Michael), and Cynthia Watros (Nina).

Now below, check out the very special 40th anniversary salute to Lynn Herring from the cast of General Hospital, followed by our interview with Herring ahead of last year’s Nurses’ Ball from her visit to the Michael Fairman Channel.

Share your congrats and well-wishes to Lynn on the 40th anniversary of her debut as Lucy Coe via the comment section!

 

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I love Lucy !

A beautiful tribute to Lynn!

I would love to see a standalone episode with Lucy.

That would be nice James. Get Serena in for one episode and since Maree Cheatham is still acting, Aunt Charlene. Remind everyone that Lucy has family.

Omgosh give her a gold watch send her packing she is pointless

Kind of like 99% of your comments on this site.

Amen to that.

Happy Anniversary Lynn Herring, love Lucy, she’s so funny and one of the OG bad girls of GH that has been reformed.

Very Happy Anniversary Lynn. I remember when you brought mousy Lucy Coe to GH. She was most definitely the mouse that roared. Love you and love Lucy. Here’s to 40 more years.

From hate to love, she would be truly missed if she wasn’t there. 40 years of blessings, how wonderful.

Happy, happy 40th Anniversary!!! Love you!!!

Wow! 40 years and she still looks the same. Love Lyn Herring and Lucy. So many great memories of Lucy. Simon, Serena, the red wedding dress, nurses ball, “ta dah!”.

It is clear her cast mates must think a lot of her. Congrats!!!

Who was Simon?

Probably meant Sigmund. The duck.

Lynn carries the Lucy in such an amazing fun way. Love you Lynn-keep it up❣️❣️

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‘General Hospital’ Fan Club Weekend 2026 (Photos)

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General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.

Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).

In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.

Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:

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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.

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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.

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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.

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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.

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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.

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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!

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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.

Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.

So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.

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Vincent Pastore of ‘Sopranos’ Fame and ‘General Hospital’s’ Maximus Giambetti Dies at 80

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Vincent Pastore, best known for his memorable role as Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s The Sopranos has passed away.

The veteran actor was found dead on August 1st in his home in the Bronx, New York. Pastore was 80-years-old. The cause of death is yet to be determined.

As well as his role on The Sopranos, many soap fans will recall he played multiple smaller roles on the beloved One Life to Live from 1995 and 2004. However, in 2008, he landed the short-term role as Maximus Giambetti on General Hospital.

PASTORE WANTED TO BE ON GENERAL HOSPITAL

Maximus was the mobster father of Sonny Corinthos’ (Maurice Benard) bodyguards: Max (Derk Cheetwood) and Milo (Drew Cheetwood)

According to Soap Opera Digest, Pastore told Soaps In Depth back in 2009, after appearing in a SOAPnet promotional campaign as a celebrity fan of General Hospital: “‘I’d love to be on the show. So they called up GH’s casting director (Mark Teschner) and Bobby (Robert Guza Jr. ex-head writer, GH) and they wrote me in!”

Pastore was a huge General Hospital fan from way back, who at one point told producers that he would watch the ABC soap opera while working in bars and nightclubs in the 70s and 80s.

Throughout his decades long career, Pastore appeared in films including: Goodfellas, Carlito’s Way and Men of Respect, The Jerky Boys: The Movie and the 1996 HBO TV movie Gotti.

In TV, besides The Sopranos, Pastore’s credits included: Law & Order, The Practice, Son of the Beach, Queens Supreme, Hawaii Five-0, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, plus the miniseries The Last Don II. Most recently, Vincent was a series regular on Gravesend and guest starred on Yellowjackets.

Pastore is survived by his daughter, Renee, son-in-law and granddaughter.

Share your remembrances and condolences for Vincent Pastore on his memorable role on ‘The Sopranos’ and his time on ‘General Hospital’ via the comment section below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: If Jason Leaves the Mob, What Will He Do Next?

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As had been teased since Jason Morgan’s (Steve Burton) captivity by the WSB and his release on General Hospital, he is clearly having issues speaking about what happened to him, after he was dragged away from Port Charles when he took the fall for Rocco (Finn Carr) who shot WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).

Now. as Jason tries to reacclimate to life back in Port Charles, he has already displayed that he wants to do better for his son, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and the people he loves and to show up for them.

In addition, things took a turn on the Friday, July 31 episode where after Sonny (Maurice Benard) questioned Jason if he was having an issue with Ric (Rick Hearst) working side by side with his half-brother, Jason had something to say.

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An emotional Jason tells Sonny, “I can’t work for you anymore.” The moment left Sonny dumbfounded, and viewers won’t know the pick-up of the conversation till Monday’s August 3 episode of GH.

Could it be that this time Jason will cut ties with Sonny and the mob for good? If so, it would be the end of an era for Jason and Sonny, sort of the Batman and Robin of GH with a twist.

Previous teases from the GH co-head writing team of Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte, and Burton himself on his podcast That’s Awesome ,seem to indicate there is a change coming for Jason that sends him off in a different path in his life.

However, we should learn Jason’s reasons shortly, and if Sonny can talk him back into the mob, or can just wish Jason the best and let him go. But now the question becomes, if Jason exits life as Sonny’s right hand man and henchman, what do you see him doing with his life? We do know that Jason is aware that Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) has tied to the WSB, since he escorted him to Port Charles via Jakarta on the plane which may be a clue.

Weigh-in below: Do you want Jason to go work for the Quartermaines and truly join the family in full? Do you see him doing something to help those in need, or do you see him going undercover with the WSB to expose some of the treacherous things they perpetrated on him and others, or do you see Jason doing something completely different with his life? If so, what? Let us know your hopes and thoughts for Jason in the comment section below.

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