{"id":163560,"date":"2022-12-20T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/general-hospital-actress-sonya-eddy-dead-at-55\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:10:00","slug":"general-hospital-actress-sonya-eddy-dead-at-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/general-hospital-actress-sonya-eddy-dead-at-55\/","title":{"rendered":"‘General Hospital’ actress Sonya Eddy dead at 55"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soap opera star Sonya Eddy has died. She was 55.<\/p>\n

Octavia Spencer announced on her Instagram that the \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d actress died Monday. She didn’t provide any details regarding the cause of Eddy’s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy friend @sonyaeddy passed away last night. The world lost another creative angel. Her legions of @generalhospitalabc fans will miss her \ud83d\udc94\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f, \u201dSpencer, 52, captioned a professional headshot of Eddy. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones, friends, and fans!\u201d<\/p>\n

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A rep for ABC didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Eddy began her long run on the ABC soap opera in 2006. She portrayed character Epiphany Johnson, a no-nonsense head nurse who was the mother of the late Stan Johnson, who became involved with the mob.<\/p>\n

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Eddy also played the role in the hit SOAPnet spinoff \u201cGeneral Hospital: Night Shift.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eddy also appeared in TV shows and films such as \u201cSeinfeld,\u201d \u201cPatch Adams,\u201d \u201cReba,\u201d \u201cMonk,\u201d \u201cJoan of Arcadia,\u201d \u201cCSI,\u201d \u201cGlee,\u201d \u201cCastle\u201d and \u201cFresh Off The Boat \u201d<\/p>\n

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Celebrities and fans flooded Spencer’s announcement with comments of mourning and sympathy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh no!!! \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe,\u201d ABC broadcaster Deborah Roberts commented.<\/p>\n

\u201c\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc94I’m so sorry xx,\u201d wrote Ant Anstead.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOh nooo. So sorry Octavia,\u201d wrote \u201cParks & Rec\u201d alum Retta.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so sad to hear this. Sending you love \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\u2665\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe,\u201d commented Nina Parker.<\/p>\n

Another fan said \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d wouldn’t \u201cbe the same without her.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a beautiful woman inside and out,\u201d the fan added, and included a crying emoji.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n