children: Katherine Ann and John Anthony. He married Marjorie Binder in 1971. He played Hardy from General Hospital inception in 1963 until becoming ill from pancreatic cancer in 1996. Beradino died on Sunday, May 19, 1996 in Los Angeles in his home. Beradino supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election. Filmography Film Television References Sources External links The Virtual Card Collection – Johnny Berardino, 1952 Topps Card # 252 John Berardino at The Deadball Era 1917 births 1996 deaths American male film actors American male soap opera actors Baseball players from Los Angeles Belmont High School (Los Angeles) alumni Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from pancreatic cancer Cleveland Indians players Major League Baseball second basemen Military personnel from California Pittsburgh Pirates players St. Louis Browns players United States Navy reservists University of Southern California alumni USC Trojans baseball players 20th-century American male actors United States Navy personnel of World War II