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General Hospital Comings and Goings: A Character’s Incredible Return!

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from General Hospital (GH)?

Are any favorite performers from yesteryear returning to the daytime drama, this week, or in the near future? Have any new actors or actresses been cast on the show in contract, recurring or day player roles?

Are any well remembered or beloved stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join the General Hospital fold in surprise new parts?

Here’s the latest casting news from the ABC soap.

The week of July 17, 2017
Michael Sutton is returning for a short stint as Stone Cates, Robin’s (Kimberly McCullough) first love and the young man who was like a brother to Sonny (Maurice Benard), in August.

The character died of AIDS in 1995. Sutton last appeared on the soap in 2010 in a fantasy sequence.

Garren Stitt has taken over the role of Joselyn’s (Eden McCoy) new boy pal, Oscar. The part was originally portrayed by Rio Mangini. Stitt appeared on the Disney Channel series Andi Mack as Marty. He also played Connor in Nickelodeon’s Nicky, Dicky & Dawn.

Carly Schroeder briefly reprised her role as Scott’s (Kin Shriner) daughter, Serena, in tribute episodes to Peter Hansen, who played Lee Baldwin.

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Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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