Understand the key details What Was the Illness That Took 'General Hospital' Star Stuart Damon's Life with our in-depth report.

After the Emmy Award-winning actor passed away, his elder son, Christopher Zonis, disclosed that Damon had been struggling with renal failure for the past five years.

Since his diagnosis, the actor had been fighting a gruesome battle with the illness. 

However, "in the end, it was multiple complications on top of kidney challenges” that culminated in his passing.