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Character history

Jonathan Lavery arrives in Pine Valley in June 2004 as the younger brother of Ryan Lavery. Jonathan has just graduated from business school as Ryan hires him to work at the company Cambias Industries. In September 2004, Ryan is shot at a murder mystery party in Zach Slater's casino by who everyone thinks is Kendall Hart, a woman Jonathan has slept with not long after coming to town. Soon after, Ryan's wife, Greenlee, is poisoned. Jonathan blames many people for this, including Kendall, Zach, and Ethan Cambias, all of whom have a vendetta against Ryan. When Jonathan isn't blaming these people, he is involved romantically with Maggie Stone in a relationship that starts off quite well, ultimately leading to a sudden engagement between them in January 2005. Information Address Pine Valley, Pennsylvania Portrayed by Cameron Mathison Ryan Lavery is a fictional character on the long-running soap opera All My Children, as portrayed by Cameron Mathison from 1998 to 2002 and from 2003 to present. ... Information Occupation Owner of Chandler Enterprises. ... Information Occupation Co-owner of Fusion Cosmetics. ... Greenlee Smythe Lavery (born Greenlee Smythe) is a character on the daytime soap opera All My Children. ... Ethans shot in the All My Children opening sequence. ... Mary Margaret Maggie Stone was a character on the American Soap Opera All My Children. ...

Jonathan abused and controlled Maggie in his villainous days.

It is then that Jonathan starts to reveal his controlling, abusive side, going as far as to hitting Maggie. In February 2005, Maggie finds the courage to leave Jonathan and soon leaves town with Bianca and Miranda Montgomery. That same night, Edmund Grey is killed in his stables at Wildwind by whom people think is Zach. It is revealed in March 2005 that Jonathan is responsible for shooting Ryan, poisoning Greenlee, and murdering Edmund. An unhinged Jonathan kidnaps Kendall, Greenlee and Lily Montgomery in April 2005, all in a twisted attempt to "save" Ryan. Ryan discovers his brother's guilt and tracks the women and Jonathan to the cave where Jonathan is keeping them captive. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Information Occupation Runs Cambias Enterprises Family See Family and relationships. ... Miranda Mona Montgomery is a fictional character in the American Soap Opera, All My Children. ... Edmund Grey is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera, All My Children. ... Leven Rambin, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children. ...

Jonathan wielding a gun.

There, Ryan learns that Jonathan has actually killed their brother, Braden, as well and framed him for the crimes. Jonathan is set to kill Greenlee, thus Ryan is forced to shoot his brother to save his wife. The women and Ryan escape, but Jonathan triggers a bomb in the cave and it buries Jonathan under a pile of rubble. Ryan is forced to deal with the guilt associated with killing his own brother. He spirals into depression, convinced that he is as tainted as his two brothers were. In order to protect Greenlee from what Ryan sees as a doomed life with him, he fakes his own death. During this time, Ryan not only finds his long-lost sister, Erin, but discovers that she has found Jonathan and nursed him back to health. After having Jonathan admitted to a hospital, Ryan and Erin are shocked to learn that their brother has a large brain tumor, which, along with mis-prescribed anti-psychotic drugs, are deemed responsible for all of his horrible actions since childhood. The tumor is removed, reducing Jonathan's mental state to that of a child, originally said to be age fifteen, but soon noticeably displays a younger age than that of a mid-teenager. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Braden Lavery was a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children, as portrayed by first, actor Zen Gesner from 1998 to 1999 and finally by actor Joseph Murphy in 2005. ... Erin Lavery is a fictional character on the long-running soap opera All My Children, as portrayed by Connie Fletcher from August 8, 2005 to December 2006. ... A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or...

Jonathan after his brain surgery.

It is during this time that Jonathan befriends Lily, who is autistic. Their unique friendship turns to love, something that unnerves Lily's father, Jackson Montgomery. However, while in New York City in the spring of 2006, Jonathan and Lily, as Lily has turned age eighteen, marry. Weeks later, a seizure restores Jonathan's adult faculties to him. He decides to keep it a secret so that Lily doesn't feel alone again. And although Amanda Dillon, Lily's one-time step-sister, finds out, she keeps it a secret as well. Their secret, however, comes to an end in August 2006 when Jackson wants to declare Lily mentally incompetent and Jonathan comes out with the truth. A distraught Lily divorces Jonathan, who is heartbroken, but soon comforted by Amanda, who has developed romantic feelings for him. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... A boy with autism and his mother Autism refers to a spectrum of disorders, and lies somewhere under the umbrella of a greater encompassing spectrum, that of pervasive developmental disorders that involve the functioning of the brain. ... Information Occupation Lawyer Pine Valley District Attorney (suspended from duties on December 2, 2003) Attorney in private practice. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Amanda Dillon is a character on the soap opera All My Children. ...

When Amanda realizes that Jonathan will never be in love with her, she moves on romantically with J.R. Chandler, for a more sexual relationship, not worrying about love at all. Jonathan moves on romatically with Ava Benton, Lily's half-sister, who happens to be identical to Lily's physical attributes. Adam Chandler, Jr. ... Ava Benton is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children. ...

Retconning

Jonathan's history has been retconned on more than one occasion. In 2001, it was stated that Gail Lavery had married Patrick Curry,^[1] but later had taken back her maiden name and given it to her children. This was later re-written, as Jonathan's father's name was later revealed to actually be Patrick Lavery.^[2] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Lifeline

• Blood type: A-negative.
• Presumed dead April 14, 2005 to August 23, 2005 when a bomb exploded in an old mine.

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Family and relationships

Parents

• Patrick Lavery (father, deceased)
• Gail Lavery (mother, deceased)

Sibling(s)

• Braden Lavery (brother, deceased)
• Ryan Lavery (brother)
• Erin Lavery (sister, deceased)

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Marital status

• Engaged (to Ava Benton)

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Past marriage(s)

• Lilith "Lily" Montgomery (annulled) [2006]

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Children

• None/unknown

Other relatives

• Emma Lavery (niece)
• Spike Lavery (nephew)

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Flings and romantic relationships

• Larranie Rossiter (dated)
• Kendall Hart (one-night stand)
• Mary Margaret "Maggie" Stone (lover/engaged)
• Lilith "Lily" Montgomery (dated)
• Amanda Dillon (lover)
• Ava Benton (lover)

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Characterization

Out-lined as handsome and determined, Jonathan Lavery is portrayed as fiercely loyal and extremely caring. Originally one of volatile temperament due to a brain tumor, he is now more rational and calm when dealing with otherwise irrational incidents.

Wardrobe

The wardobe of the Jonathan Lavery character, his typical style of wearing suits and leather jackets, changed as the character went from villainous, to child-like and then to more so a redeemed hero. The difference in manner was naturally required and particularly significant in the case of Jonathan being written to have the mind of a child. The show often dressed him in a simple t-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, and the character usually wore a baseball cap at this time to impose the innocence of a young boy, who is a typical sports fan. Accompanied with the wardrobe was a stutter of words whenever the character talked.

Once Jonathan's adult mindset was restored, except without his previous villainous qualities, his style of wardrobe was changed yet again to reflect that of a more casual look.

Jonathan in a leather jacket during his villainous days.

Jonathan in jail, falsely accused of a crime, wearing his baseball cap during his child-like days.

Jonathan as how he dresses now, usually in more casual wear.

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Crimes committed

• Abused girlfriend, Larraine Rossiter.
• Placed on probation for assault with instructions to undergo anger management.
• Attempted murder; shot his brother, Ryan.
• Lied about getting his MBA.
• Stole Bianca's tank top that had Miranda's DNA so it wouldn't be tested against Ethan Cambias' blood type and so that Ryan could keep the Cambias fortune.
• Poisoned Greenlee with an anti-psychosis drug.
• Slapped Maggie Stone during an argument.
• Assaulted Bobby Warner.
• Murdered Edmund Grey.
• Murdered his brother, Braden Lavery.
• Murdered Steve, a bodyguard hired to protect Greenlee and Lily.
• Kidnapped Greenlee and Lily (and later Kendall) and forced them into a cave.
• Held Greenlee, Kendall and Lily at gunpoint and forced them into a mine where he locked them behind an iron gate.
• Arrested for the kidnapping of Adam Chandler III.
• Shot and killed Terry McDermott.

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Notes

1. ^ Name given on-air on All My Children on October 31, 2001.
2. ^ Stated on-air on All My Children on July 19, 2004.

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External links

• Jonathan Lavery's official ABC Profile
• Jonathan Lavery at soapcentral.com