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Duke Lavery is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital. The character was created in 1986 and portrayed by Ian Buchanan until 1989. Greg Beecroft took over the role from 1989 until 1990 when the character was believed to have been killed off. On August 27 2012 Buchanan returned as a very much alive Duke amidst intense secrecy on the part of the series.