The soap opera world is in mourning. Helen Gallagher, star of ABC’s Ryan’s Hope, died on Nov. 24 at 98 in a hospital in Manhattan, Herbert Berghof Studio executive and artistic director Edith Meeks told The Washington Post.

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, where Gallagher taught classes.