It's an emotional week for General Hospital fans — and it was an emotional one for its actors too when the episodes were first filmed. This week, fans are officially bidding farewell to Dr. Monica Quartermaine, some months after the actress behind the character, Leslie Charleson , also passed away aged 79 and had her own memorial services. The late actress joined General Hospital in 1977 when she took over the role of Monica from Patsy Rahn , and was the longest-tenured cast member on the show before her departure in 2023.

Steve Burton , whose character Jacob Morgan was raised by Monica, speaking with Soaps , opened up about what filming those emotional funeral scenes were like, just weeks after Leslie's real-life farewell. "Obviously, it wasn't easy for anybody," he first said,"

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