Co-Stars Pay Tribute to Soap Legend Tristan Rogers originally appeared on Daytime Confidential. Tributes to late soap star Tristan Rogers, best known as Robert on General Hospital, have poured in since news of his death broke last week. Rogers was battling lung cancer, although he was not a smoker.

Soap star Tristan Rogers, who has played Robert Scorpio since 1980, died from lung cancer, his longtime manager told multiple news outlets.

Finola Hughes, who played Anna Devane opposite Rogers' Robert Scorpio on General Hospital, took to her Instagram on Saturday, Aug. 16, to pay tribute to him in the wake of his death at the age of 79.