Roger Howarth Let Go from "GH"

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Roger Howarth Discharged from "General Hospital"
by Lynette Rice
November 20, 2023


Roger Howarth has officially said goodbye to "General Hospital", his on-and-off home since 2012. His character was fatally shot in the Nov. 17 installment of the ABC sudser.

In an interview with Soap Opera Digest, Howarth said his contract was up and he was not offered a new one.



“Several weeks ago, I got a phone call from somebody I’ve known for a very long time who I love very dearly [Executive Producer Frank Valentini] telling me that when my contract was up at ABC, I would not be offered a new contract and that the character of Austin would be killed, and that this was something that both wanted and needed to do to move story. And it took me a minute to kind of adjust, to kind of hear the news; it took a second for me to let that settle in.

And then, immediately, I realized how lucky I was to have been able to do something I really love doing for more than a decade with people who I really enjoyed working with. I’m a lucky guy. I had a great run and this was a decision made by people who make these kinds of decisions for a living.”

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