Posted on 12/15/2025 7:06:22 PM PST by Red Badger
As Hollywood still grapples with the tragic murder of famed director Rob Reiner and his wife, more tragic news broke early Monday.
According to Deadline, actress Rachael Carpani’s family revealed that she had passed away “unexpectedly” at just 45.
Her family confirmed in an Instagram post that Carpani passed away following a battle with a “chronic illness.”
“It is with great sadness that Tony and Gael Carpani announce that their beautiful daughter, beloved Australian actress Rachael Carpani, unexpectedly but peacefully passed away after a long battle with chronic illness, in the early hours of Sunday 7th December,” the late Sunday post read.
“The funeral will be a private event, to be held on Friday 19th December with close family and friends,” the Instagram post further noted.
It added: “The family requests privacy at this very difficult time and will be making no further statements.”
Carpani’s filmography includes the long-running “NCIS: Los Angeles” series, in which she appeared in 2009, IMDb reported.
In 2010, Carpani appeared in multiple episodes for the A&E network’s “The Glades” series, a show similar to NCIS in that it was a serialized crime drama.
While Rachael Carpani may not be a household name in the States, that was almost by design for the Australian actress.
Carpani’s most memorable role came in the Australian drama series “McLeod’s Daughters.”
The actress portrayed Jodi Fountain McLeod in 179 episodes from 2001-2009. Aaccording to Deadline, she didn’t want to be pigeonholed into one beloved role her entire career, so she moved to the United States to avoid being known as Jodi Fountain McLeod forever.
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In first with “safe and effective.”
Anthony Geary died as well who was my sisters dream boyfriend in the 1980s. All this death right before Christmas.
Seriously, it’s tragic. RIP.
RIP
Tell your sister he was gay.................
Suffered from endometriosis and the related condition of adenomyosis,
she had dealt with chronic pain since she was 13.
-PJ
Forty-five?! Wow….
Geary sure had some people fooled.
I never understood the hype.
He was gross.
LOL!
LOL! Was he really? I don’t know, I never paid attention to the guy but I know he was really popular. My sister was a fanatic for General hospital, I never got that soap opera stuff at all.
Yeah, she was a beloved actress in Australia, came to Hollywood and struggled to find work. Kind of like everyone who goes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom.
Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck, 24, The Astronaught Wives Club)
Rose McIver (Once Upon A Time, Ghosts)
-PJ
Rose McIver is from New Zealand.
-PJ
Yep, he was gay. Not sure when he came out of the closet, but he did.
I admit, I had a crush on Rock Hudson, and it broke my heart to find out he was gay. What a waste.
Those ladies who had a thing for Geary, well, I wasn’t one of them. I never got it. I always thought he was creepy.
RIP though. This life is hard enough. I don’t want to be tortured in the next one.
There are only a handful of people that I wouldn’t shed a tear for if they were tortured for eternity. I’ll keep those names to myself.
Always in threes.
Anthony Geary, retired General Hospital star, Died yesterday..................
“Geary sure had some people fooled.
I never understood the hype.
He was gross.”
I don’t remember a whole lot of the show,
though I was a faithful watcher.
But what was really weird was the start
of the relationship between Luke and Laura.
He raped her. Their first sexual encounter
was when Luke raped Laura.
He had some great reason because he thought he was gonna die or something, and he loved her so much.
But it was weird.
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