Helen Gallagher, the soap opera veteran who starred in over 2,000 episodes of Ryan’s Hope, has passed away. She was 98. Gallagher reportedly passed away Sunday (Nov. 25) in a Manhattan hospital. Edith Meeks,

Gallagher, a Broadway star who found wider fame playing Maeve Ryan on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope from 1975 to 1989, died at the age of 98. Playbill announced the news in an Instagram tribute. "We are saddened to report that two-time Tony winner Helen Gallagher has passed away at the age of 98,

Helen Gallagher, who won Tony Awards for Pal Joey and No, No, Nanette before starring as Maeve Ryan for all 13 seasons of daytime soap Ryan’s Hope, died November 24. She was 98. Playbill confirmed the news of social media.

Helen Gallagher, who won two Tony Awards on Broadway, has died. She was 98. Gallager passed away Sunday at a hospital in Manhattan. Her death was confirmed by Edith Meeks, the executive and artistic director at New York’s Herbert Berghof Studio,