General Hospital's John J. York Gives Tearful, Hopeful Update On His Cancer Journey — Watch Video

By TVLine Staff
John J York Cancer Update Donor Video General Hospital Courtesy of ABC

General Hospital star John J. York offered a positive update Friday regarding his recently announced cancer diagnosis.

Earlier in September, York shared on social media that he'd been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and smoldering multiple myeloma, which are blood and bone marrow disorders. "Over the past many months, I've had three bone marrow biopsies, many chemo treatments — I have another one coming up in a couple of weeks — and I'm closing in on a blood stem cell transplant," he said at the time.

In a Good Morning America interview Friday, York announced some positive news. "I believe they've found a match, a perfect match" for the transplant, he said. "So we're going to start testing, and doing all that kind of stuff, coming up here in about a week." He added that the procedure would then happen — "fingers crossed" — in November.

York said he's been working with BeTheMatch.org, through which he found a donor after his family members were not perfect matches. He nearly started crying when asked what he would say to the donor slated to help him.

"Thank you for saving my life, for letting me spend more time with my wife and my daughter and son-in-law, my grandchildren," York said, tearing up. "For seeing this beautiful blue sky and all the beautiful trees around me. That's what I would say."

York's health issues have caused him to take a temporary break from playing Mac Scorpio on General Hospital, a role he's inhabited since 1991.

Press PLAY on the video above to hear York's news from the General Hospital star himself.

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