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‘General Hospital’ Alum Michael Easton Unearths Candid ‘One Life to Live’ Photos From His Own Collection
Michael Easton shares nostalgic ‘One Life to Live’ photos from a 2005 Hurricane Katrina benefit album session featuring beloved OLTL cast members, including Renee Elise Goldsberry and Kamar de los Reyes.
Soap vet Michael Easton has taken fans on a very special trip down memory lane to an old soap that’s still beloved by daytime audiences today. In two emotional and nostalgic Instagram posts, Easton revealed personal photos he had taken of his fellow One Life to Live stars during a very special event.
Easton, who played Detective John McBain on OLTL from 1999 to 2012, per IMDb, and later briefly brought the character to General Hospital, dabbles in photography and took some memorable snaps more than 20 years ago that the actor recently found on an old Nikon camera. He then explained the story behind the photos.
“In 2005, the cast of One Life to Live recorded a benefit album with all the proceeds going to those affected by Hurricane Katrina,” Easton wrote. “Not being nearly as talented as my fellow actors (looking back what a badass cast it was), my contribution was to take photographs of their amazing faces. In lieu of a proper photo studio, our friend @richiehersch was kind enough to loan us his bar, Prohibition, on the Upper West Side for the afternoon to have an impromptu jam session.”
Easton shared those photos on November 10, bringing back memories for both fans and stars, but admitted that looking through the snaps was bittersweet.
“It also brings up a little heartache as some of our friends are no longer with us and although they live in our hearts, it’s nice to see them again and remember how perfect they were,” he added.
Stars featured in the photos include Renee Elise Goldsberry, the Tony Award-winning actress known for playing Angelica Schuyler in Broadway’s Hamilton. The late Kamar de los Reyes, who passed in 2023, is also featured. Other stars you can see are Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning), Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord), Bree Williamson (Jessica Buchanan), Timothy D. Stickney (R.J. Gannon), Ilene Kristen (Roxie Balsom), Melissa Archer (Natalie Buchanan), and Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan).
After Easton’s years on OLTL ended, he spent more than a decade on GH playing John McBain, Silas Clay, and Hamilton Finn, respectively.
