General Hospital is honoring one of Port Charles’ brightest stars gone too soon.
The Friday, Feb. 20 episode of the ABC soap opera will pay tribute to late actor Tony Geary and his iconic character Luke Spencer. Geary died at age 78 on Dec. 14, 2025, while his character Luke died on the show four years prior.
In a PEOPLE exclusive preview of the episode, Luke’s wife Laura (Genie Francis) tearfully speaks to her late husband’s spirit while sitting in a church pew.
“I know you’re not here on this earth with us anymore, but Luke, you never left me, never once,” she says in the clip. “I feel your presence when life gets too heavy. When I feel like I can’t go one more step, it’s your voice that I hear calling me angel, reminding me of who I am. Then, somehow, I find the strength, and I do go on.”
According to the show’s official synopsis, Luke and Laura’s daughter Lulu (Alexa Havins Bruening) finds herself grappling with unprocessed grief because she was in a coma at the time her father died.
Sparked by a photograph, Lulu — alongside Tracy (Jane Elliott) — sets out to honor Luke in a way that feels true to who he was, drawing Laura, Sonny (Maurice Benard), Carly (Laura Wright) and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) into a day of shared memories, humor and reflection.
Through intimate conversations, flashbacks and personal rituals, each character confronts how Luke shaped their lives, culminating in a collective celebration that affirms his enduring presence in their hearts. The episode closes on a quiet, hopeful note honoring Luke’s legacy as a force of love, chaos and connection that continues to permeate Port Charles.
Since his debut as Luke in 1978, Geary played the character on-and-off until his retirement in 2015. (He returned for a one-time appearance on the show in 2017.)
Throughout the actor’s time on the soap, Luke and Laura became known as daytime’s biggest supercouple, and their 1981 wedding was watched by 30 million people, the most-watched episode in soap opera history. In 2022, the show killed Luke off-camera.
After Geary died on Dec. 14, 2025 following complications from an operation three days prior, Francis paid tribute to her costar, whom she called a “powerhouse as an actor.”
“Shoulder to shoulder with the greats,” she said. “No star burned brighter than Tony Geary. He was one of a kind.”
“He spoiled me for leading men for the rest of my life,” she continued. “I am crushed, I will miss him terribly, but I was so lucky to be his partner. Somehow, somewhere, we are connected to each other because I felt him leave last night. Good night sweet prince, good night.”
