Michael Easton is well-known in the soap opera community, especially forplaying several characters on “General Hospital.

“He also portrayed Caleb and Michael Morley on the spin-off, “Port Charles.”

Easton went on to play the fan-favorite character John McBain on “One Life to Live.”

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When the soap was canceled in 2011, McBain moved over to “GH,” perSoap Central.

Sadly, Silas would never know about his children with Nina because he was killed off in 2015.

Nina then secretly sought revenge against those she felt had stolen 20 years of her life.

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A vengeful Nina induced Ava’s labor, and with Madeline Reeves’s help, they stole the child.

Eventually, Silas helped Ava to find the baby whom she’d named Avery.

AsSoap Centralrecapped, Ava was eventually arrested and sent to prison.

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Silas rescued her, keeping Ava hidden at a clinic while everyone believed she was dead.

It turned out Ava had cancer, and she wanted Silas to euthanize her.

Instead, he kidnapped Avery and used her bone marrow to save Ava.

But this is, after all, a soap opera and she could eventually return one day.