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Ms. Charleson played Dr. Monica Quartermaine, a cardiologist and family matriarch, on the daytime series for 46 years.

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A soap opera star who appeared on more than 2,000 episodes of “General Hospital” is dead at age 79.

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The fictional character Monica Quartermaine was introduced in 1976 and quickly became one of the show’s most iconic and ...

Leslie Charleson, whose Dr. Monica Quartermaine was the longest-tenured character on “General Hospital,” has died. She was 79 ...