Looking back at Luke and Laura’s wedding on “General Hospital”: From Elizabeth Taylor’s cameo to Genie Francis’ complicated wedding dress

Daytime dramas are known for supercouples, but one rose above them all: General Hospital ’s Luke and Laura. And in November 1981, Luke Spencer and Laura Webber tied the knot in a wedding so vast that even Elizabeth Taylor even made a cameo appearance.

Luke and Laura became a soap super couple, but the origins of their connection were far darker

I was a bit of a mama’s boy growing up, which means I often watched television with my mom. That means I watched daytime TV. And that means I watched ‘70s soaps. My mother was an ABC devotee; “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” were usually on the agenda.

Luke and Laura were General Hospital icons, and I’m in my feels over Genie Francis and Jonathan Jackson’s tributes after Anthony Geary’s death

Luke and Laura remained on the series for years after their onscreen romance faded out, both becoming long-tenured cast members on the soap. Others from the show also spoke out, with Sarah Joy Brown (Carly Corinthos) also writing on X:
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'Lightning in a Bottle' — General Hospital's Genie Francis remembers Luke and Laura upon Tony Geary's death

The soap opera world continues to mourn the loss of General Hospital icon Anthony Geary, an actor who helped take soap operas to a whole new level, and keep GH on the air, along with co-star Genie Fra
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