{"id":2053,"date":"2025-12-22T06:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T06:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2025-12-22T06:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T06:12:48","slug":"i-wont-pretend-this-loss-didnt-knock-the-air-out-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"I won\u2019t pretend this loss didn\u2019t knock the air out of me."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing has become clear this past week after we learned of Anthony Geary\u2019s passing. The General Hospital legend left a profound mark on the world, not just for his contributions in daytime, but also as a genuinely incredible human being and friend. Brandon Barash played Johnny Zacchara for nearly nine years on General Hospital, and in that time, he and Geary formed a lifelong friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The depth of it was clear in Barash\u2019s Instagram tribute to \u201cSweet Tony.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2054\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow is it that you\u2019ve left this earthly plane so prematurely?\u201d he asked. \u201cThe notion that I have no words to adequately convey my pain and emptiness would bring you great joy and even some punches of laughter. The hours upon hours we\u2019d spend on your boat or in your home discussing words \u2014 be it our favorite books, me reading your writings out loud or you reading mine, our favorite curse words in different languages, etc\u2026 the irony isn\u2019t lost on me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But words have a way of coming to you, when you speak from the heart. And that\u2019s what Barash found. What he does know, he says, is that, \u201cA piece of my heart shattered today. That\u2019s okay, I\u2019ll piece it back together with the most glittery glue I can find. The gaps in between the shards now imbued with memories from one of the most unique and at times whimsical friendships this life has given me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat you taught me about the craft and about life will be forever woven into the fabric of my being,\u201d Barash tells his friend. \u201cYes, even the black pudding. \u2018Legend\u2019 does not begin to describe the weight and impact your life had on this planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geary and his husband, Claudio, \u201care and will always be family.\u201d Barash concluded. And while, \u201cThis loss has me, well, at a loss. You\u2019d probably tell me to, \u2018Buck up, Casanova.\u2019 I intend on doing just that. Rest in whimsy, friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing has become clear this past week after we learned of Anthony Geary\u2019s passing. The General Hospital legend left a profound mark on the world, not just for his &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2055,"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions\/2055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifefe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}