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Tristan Rogers, the Australian actor behind the magnetic Robert Scorpio on “General Hospital,” died Friday after a battle with lung cancer, according to his manager. He was 79. In an email to The Times, Rogers’ manager Meryl Soodak said his client was “a family man” who is survived by his wife, two children and a grandson. “[He was] loyal, kind …

Tristan Rogers, who starred as Robert Scorpio on “General Hospital,” died Friday of lung cancer.  He was 79. Roger’s longtime manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed the actor’s death to Variety. Soodak told ABC 7 Eyewitness News that he had never been a smoker. She told ABC that Rogers’ portrayal of Scorpio in the soap opera “meant everything to him.” She added, …