Is Lucky Spencer fame Jonathan Jackson exiting General Hospital? Explained

Lucky Spencer is slated to leave Port Charles once again as General Hospital's storyline hints at actor Jonathan Jackson's exit. In a sudden twist, Jonathan's Lucky tells his on-screen love interest, Liz, that staying in town would be too painful knowing they won't be together. The ever-absentee parent and son would possibly make rounds to bid goodbye this time before leaving.

General Hospital's executive producer, Frank Valentini, confirmed the news to TV Insider, adding that the door would always be open for Jonathan's return. Although the character has been moving in and out of the soap's storyline, his return in August 2024 was for a longer stint. Fans had hoped Lucky would settle down this time, making his abrupt decision to leave again a surprising development.

Meanwhile, other story arcs on General Hospital include Michael and Willow's messy custody battle and Sasha's premature baby daughter. Elsewhere, Alexis's embezzlement scandal is poised for exposure with Marco looking up her "investments." The long-running ABC daily soap is also presenting the complicated relationship dynamics surrounding Gio's new family.

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A brief glance at General Hospital fame, Jonathan Jackson

Jonathan Stevens Jackson is a 43-year-old musician and actor from Orlando, Florida. The son of a doctor-turned-Congressional candidate father and a businesswoman mother, Jonathan got his talents from his father's musical interests and his mother's ventriloquism.

While he started on music at an early age, playing the piano and the guitar, his serious acting career took off in 1993 with his role in General Hospital. Since then, he has been part of about 20 movies and 8 television shows. His music is featured in almost 13 soundtrack albums.

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General Hospital: Why is Lucky Spencer leaving town again?

After his return to Port Charles in August 2024 to assist with his sister's liver transplant, Lucky Spencer remained in town. He reconnected with his mother, Mayor Laura, and his son, Aiden. However, after much consideration, he seemed to settle into an engagement, as he and Kristina collaborated on their new venture.

Moreover, he assisted Elizabeth in collecting evidence against the criminal, Cyrus, for the Police Commissioner. This brought the two exes closer in camaraderie.

Following Kristina's thoughtless revenge move leading to Elizabeth's accident, Lucky stayed by the latter's side. When Nurse Amy was imposing and Aiden complained, Lucky took over the complete care of the invalid Liz. This added to their romance as they spent loving moments together.

After a meeting with Alexis and Kristina, Lucky deemed it vital to come clean with Liz. Emboldened by Liz's acceptance of him, he got a ring and proposed to her with the ring on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

However, unexpectedly, Liz turned him down. She gently asked him whether he would be happy to be tied down to domestic life in Port Charles forever. Lucky admitted that the town was not his home and he would love to get back to the world again.

However, when he invited her to accompany him instead, Liz reminded him of her career and family in Port Charles. Thursday's episode, dated June 5, 2025, found them promising to love each other but move on in life.

With that, GH fans saw Lucky announcing his decision to leave town. He explained that staying back without a hope of reuniting with Liz would be painful. As he wondered how he would break this disappointing news to Aiden, Liz thought up a plan.

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General Hospital: Will Lucky be back in town in future?

Jonathan Jackson has been part of the ABC soap intermittently. The Emmy Award-winning actor portrayed Lucky Spencer in spurts between 1993 and 1999, 2009 and 2011, 2015, and 2024 and 2025, but always as a cast regular. As his storyline demanded, Jonathan's Lucky made up one half of the supercouple Lucky-Liz while being the son of another supercouple, Luke-Laura.

Over the years, Lucky's character returned to present various arcs, including helping the rape victim, Elizabeth, move on with a young romance that did not include premarital physical intimacy. His story arc also presented various twists such as kidnapping, presumed death, brainwashing, and drug abuse.

While wheels are attached to his feet, Lucky always finds his way back home as per the General Hospital plot's requirements. As such, he may return to Port Charles in the future.

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Stay tuned to ABC to catch the other arcs on General Hospital as Lucky leaves home.