Soap star Chris Robinson has died at the age of 86, it has been confirmed.
The actor, whose career spanned more than six decades, passed away in Arizona on Monday.
Musician MJ Allen, who directed his last screen role in the 2022 feature film Just for a Week, wrote on Facebook: ‘Prolific Hollywood actor Chris Robinson has passed away at the age of 86.
‘He peacefully passed in his sleep at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona at 12:30am on June 9, 2025.
‘He had been in heart failure for some time, and is his official cause of death.’
Robinson kickstarted his career in films alongside Burt Lancaster and Ted Cassidy, but it was for his roles on the small screen that is is best remembered.
Between 1978 and 1986 he assumed the role of Dr Rick Webber from originator Michael Gregory on General Hospital.
Storylines included a love triangle with his wife Lesley Webber and the married Monica Quartermaine, and later wedding the biological mother of his adopted son – who he would later leave the show with.
He reprised the part in 2002 for a brief stint, appearing as a ghost during scenes that aired in 2013.
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Following his GH departure, Chris had a two year contract with NBC’s Another World, before his alter ego Jason Frame was murdered.
Chris is survived by wife of fourteen years, the artist Jacqui Shane-Robinson, who also acted alongside him in his three last projects, his seven sons, and five grandchildren.
According to MJ Allen, the couple enjoyed the tranquilities of their Oak Creek ranch, taking in the nature and maintaining an art gallery and studio on site.
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