According to TVLine, Helen Gallagher (Stranger When We Meet, Neptune’s Rocking Horse) passed away at 98. She died on Sunday, which was reported by her coworkers at New York City’s Herbert Berghof Studio, where she taught musical theater singing classes. Gallagher is most known for her role as Maeve Ryan on the soap Ryan’s Hope on ABC. She was also a three-time Emmy winner.

Per TVLine, Gallagher started her acting career on stage in Broadway productions such as No, No, Nanette, Sweet Charity and Pal Joey. She even won a few Tony awards.In 1975, she landed the role of Maeve Ryan, an Irish-American mother of a large family living in New York City for the show Ryan’s Hope on ABC. The drama aired for 13 years and offered roles for then-upcoming stars such as Kate Mulgrew (Throw Momma from the Train, Stretch Armstrong: The Breakout), Marg Helgenberger (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, A Dog’s Journey) and Christian Slater (Heathers, The Legend of Billie Jean).

As stated by TVLine, Gallagher stayed on Ryan’s Hope until it ended in 1989. The season finale closed off with Maeve singing “Danny Boy” at the family bar, which was a fan-favorite scene. She was nominated for five Daytime Emmys for portraying Maeve and won three in 1976, 1977 and 1988. After Ryan’s Hope ended, she starred in other dramas such as All My Children, Another Word, Law & Order, One Life to Live, The Crosby Mysteries and many other shows and movies.

On August 27, another Ryan’s Hope star, Ron Hale (General Hospital, The Lord Protector: The Riddle of the Chosen), who played Roger Coleridge, died at 78. The news of the actor’s passing was released by a local funeral home in St. George, South Carolina, but no cause of death has been released, according to a TVLine article. A previous mxdwn article highlights the actor’s passing and gives more information on his legacy.