Beloved General Hospital co-star Sonya Eddy, who has played Epiphany on the venerable ABC soap for 16 years, died Monday. She was 55.
Eddy’s actress-pal Octavia Spencer confirmed the news Tuesday on Instagram, writing, “My friend Sonya Eddy passed away last night. The world lost another creative angel. Her legions of General Hospital fans will miss her.”
A cause of death has not been made public.
Eddy — who was a licensed vocational nurse in real-life — made her debut as GH‘s no-nonsense, big-hearted nurse in 2006. The character crossed over to the short-lived SoapNet spinoff GH: Night Shift in 2007.
Additional credits include recurring roles on truTV’s Those Who Can’t and ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, as well as guest stints on PEN15, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Glee, Mike & Molly, 2 Broke Girls, The Middle, Mom and Castle.
