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Ron Hale, Beloved Soap Opera Star, Dead at 78

May Ron Hale rest in peace. The long-time actor passed away this summer at the age of 78. We send his loved ones our condolences.

Ron Hale — who portrayed Roger Coleridge on ABC’s Ryan’s Hope for the duration of its run, as well as the dad of mobster Sonny Corinthos on General Hospital — passed away back on August 27, according to an obituary. The late star also played Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis in the 1976 film All The President’s Men and a bailiff in the 1994 courtroom drama Trial by Jury. Before transition into a beloved soap opera star, he appeared in plays at the Trustus Theatre in Columbia, South Carolina.

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