‘Basic Hospital’s John J. York Reveals Cause For His Lengthy Hiatus From Present – Deadline
John J. York, who has performed Mac Scorpio on General Hospital for greater than 30 years, took to social media as we speak to clarify why he has been on hiatus from the daytime drama.
“So final December, of ’22, I used to be identified with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, and a number of smoldering myeloma, two blood and bone marrow issues,” he stated in an almost two-minute video posted on X/Twitter (watch it under). “Over the previous many months, I’ve had three bone marrow biopses, many chemo remedies — I’ve one other one coming in a few weeks — and I’m closing in on a blood stem-cell transplant.”
York, who tweeted last week that we “will likely be taking a short hiatus from the present in a number of weeks,” additionally spoke on to viewers about their presumably changing into a bone marrow donor for him or “hundreds of others.” He directed of us to bethematch.org/matchformac.
York went on so as to add: “I simply need to say thanks for all of the assist through the years. This isn’t goodbye, that is simply so lengthy. I’ll should take a break for no less than three, possibly 4 months. However I’ll be again. Somebody as soon as stated that, ‘I’ll be again.’” He used an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice for that final line.
York has performed Malcolm “Mac” Scorpio — the Australian estranged brother of Robert Scorpio, husband of Felicia Scorpio-Jones and the stepfather of Georgie and Maxie Jones — on Basic Hospital for greater than 930 episodes since 1991. He additionally performed the character in about 5 dozens episodes of the spinoff cleaning soap Port Charles from 1997-2001, a 2001 episode of All My Youngsters and on Basic Hospital: Evening Shift in 2007.
His different credit embrace the lead on Werewolf, which was a part of Fox’s authentic lineup in 1987-88. He additionally has finished visitor spots on such sequence as My Spouse and Children, Even Stevens, Clueless, 21 Leap Avenue, Household Ties and Resort.
