“Wish I could play one more scene with you, my friend,” Hughes’ tribute begins. “Tris sauntered into my dressing room on that first day to rehearse. Cropped hair and steel blue eyes, I thought, ‘Damn, I’m gonna be working with Steve McQueen!’ From day one, he called me ‘Kid’ or ‘Finny,’ and he made me laugh.

“An effortless actor, living on screen, he taught me so much,” her statement continues. “Serious about his work, but always a rebel. His own man, navigating the system, he protected me, protected Kimberly [McCullough], his character, his friends. God, he was a good one. Silly, funny, kind, serious. I am heartbroken for his awesome wife Teresa, his children Sara Jane & Cale. His family made him so happy and he adored talking about them. Love you Trissy, Mai Tai’s on the beach, Scorpio… 🏝️ 🕊️”

Hughes’ remembrance comes one day after it was confirmed that Rogers had died at the age of 79 — just one month after the Daytime Emmy winner announced that he’d been diagnosed with lung cancer. Rogers and Devane’s TV daughter, the aforementioned Kimberly McCullough (aka GH’s Robin), previously paid her respects to her on-screen dad. “Trissy forever ❤️,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside a vintage pic: