Jackson's final episode as Lucky Spencer, a role that has won him five Daytime Emmys, will air next week Jonathan Jackson is leaving General Hospital again, less than a year after his most recent return to the soap opera Jackson plays Lucky Spencer on the long-running series,

Slightly under a year after returning to General Hospital, Daytime Emmy winner Jonathan Jackson is leaving the ABC sudser again.

In the wake of the sad revelation that Jonathan Jackson is departing General Hospital for the third time, fans have been offered a glimmer of hope with an exciting casting update. On Friday, the day after news broke that Jackson would be exiting ABC ’s long-running soap opera just nine months after he reprised his role as Lucky Spencer,