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‘Epiphany Johnson of General Hospital Dies at 55 – Hollywood Life’




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Sonya Eddy “died last night,” Octavia Spencer sign up Instagram on Tuesday (December 20) while sharing a photo of the 55-year-old man General Hospital actor (h/t TMZ). “The world has lost another creative angel. Her legion of @Generalhospitalabc fans will miss her. My thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones, friends and fans! Octavia did not explain what led to Sonya’s death and fans filled the comments section with messages of grief and grief. hollywood life Eddy’s representative has been contacted for information.

In over 540 episodes, Sonya played nurse Epiphany Johnson on General Hospital, which began her run in 2006 and ended with her apparent death. In addition to her time on GHEddy appeared in Those Who Can’t, New To The Boat, and the 2013 series, Legal. Her IMDB profile is extensive with roles in everything from Central arrive Girl meets the world with her first roles in High School, Seinfeld, Home Improvement, and explosion from the past.

Sonya in March 2022 (MediaPunch/Shutterstock)

“I am a psychology student at UC Davis,” Sonya said in an interview with Charlene Bazarian, published on The Awesome/Stone cold and the Jackal. “I spent a lot of time in the green room in the theater department observing people. I find these people, who seem to easily become another person, attractive from a psychological point of view. I took the Black Theater History course, and it included a presentation. My professor pulled me aside and told me that, with a voice like mine, I should be on stage. I laughed it off, because I’m a very shy person. Like everyone in my family, I love to sing in my church choir, but that’s how much I care when I put myself out there, so to speak.

Sonya has been involved in several projects at school, but her interest is still a bit bland. “Until Ruby As a special guest at the university, and I was one of the few students invited to have lunch with her, the idea of ​​being an actress started to take shape in me,” Eddy continued. Multi-hyphen, who began playing Ruth Younger in One Grows In The Sun, gave Sonya advice that would change her life. “She simply said, ‘I understand why you’d be hesitant to be an actor, but not many people can do what you can. Don’t think about it, just do it.’ When someone like Ruby Dee tells you that, you listen.”

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Sonya partially landed on General Hospital thanks to an anti-smoking PSA she did. “Jill Farren Phelpsan executive producer on General Hospital at that time, saw it and showed it Bob GuzaWho was the head writer at that time. Grey’s Anatomy was a huge hit on television, and they wanted to emulate the character Epiphany Johnson later Chandra Wilsoncharacter’s. My agent said that I applied for the role on General Hospital without even auditioning. It was supposed to be a one-day booking, then turned into two weeks, which eventually led to me being signed.

The guiding principle in my life is, ‘I’m ahead of God’s grace,'” she added in the interview. “I try to put myself in the other person’s shoes before snapping, cracking and popping, so to speak. I also grew up in a family that taught each of us that our words were our bond. Whenever I face a challenge or a turning point in my life, I find that these two principles will get me through.”

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