The Very Tragic Life Of General Hospital’s Maurice Benard

General Hospital news says that you think you know everything about him until you realize there’s so much more you could still learn about him. Of course, we are talking about the tragic details of the life of actor Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos). 

The Very Tragic Life Of General Hospital’s Maurice Benard

In 2022, and while on Good Morning America, Maurice talked about his battle with bipolar disorder. He said, “I was 21 when I started; I had my first nervous breakdown and was in a mental institution, strapped down to a bed.”

“At that time, I had a lot of bad thoughts and I was thinking, you know, like, how do I get out of here? And I knew that there was a reason. And then I got General Hospital and I played a character with bipolar.”

He’s also weighed in on his popular YouTube series. Maurice said that when he began State of Mind, all he wanted to do was have a place for his friends, family and co-stars to talk about some mental health issues that otherwise aren’t talked about unless it’s behind closed doors. 

He puts it this way, “All I want is for this to be two people in a room having a conversation with each other and somebody’s looking through a peephole going, “Wow.” No interview. I tell everybody the same thing — the way I free people’s minds is I say, “Look, whatever you say you don’t want [in the finished product], I’ll cut, so you don’t have to worry about, ‘Oh, should I say this?’ ” And out of 90 interviews, only one person has had me cut something.”

In 2023, Maurice said he wants to talk more about suicide prevention. Maurice shared a video on social media and said he promise there will be many more YouTube episodes in which he talks about suicide and depression. 

He started off his clip by saying, “When I hear about a suicide. I don’t know what it is in me, I feel like I could have done something about it… even though I probably couldn’t. I don’t know how to fix it.”

GH News: What’s Next For Maurice Benard?

“We have to figure it out. Because look — we only hear about the celebrities that commit suicide. We don’t hear about all the other people that you know, that I know. “

In January 2025, it was speculated that Maurice might be thinking about retirement. 

It’s been suggested that Sonny Maurice might be dying. And if he does die, this could spell the end of Maurice Benard’s daytime television career.

After all, Maurice has been on the show for more than four decades. He’s also expressed keen interest in becoming a television talk show host and having his YouTube series, State of Mind, expand.

So it would only make sense for Maurice to retire after the writers of General Hospital kill off his character, right? Or are the writers trying to keep us on the edge of our seats with another storyline cliffhanger? 

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