“General Hospital” Fans Mourn Sam McCall – Spoiler alerts ahead!

Kelly Monaco’s final episode as the iconic character ended on Friday, November 1, after McCall donated his liver to Lulu Spencer. Now we know what happened to make that decision fatal.

Earlier this week, viewers learned that doctors had successfully removed the organ, but Sam lost his life in the process. Fast forward to Friday, when McCall’s mother, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), told Sam’s former lover, Dante (Dom Zamprogna), that he had suffered a heart attack after surgery.

Carly (Laura Wright), Sonny (Maurice Benard), Drew (Cameron Mathison), and Laura (Genie Francis) learned of McCall’s death in this episode, even though Laura had a suspicion that something happened when she saw Dante. crying in the hospital. .

Dante begged Alexis to reveal what happened to McCall, pleading, “How can he be gone? “It doesn’t make any sense!”

Alexis explained that the heart attack came out of nowhere.

“She was showing me her engagement ring,” she said, crying. “Then he said he couldn’t breathe and then he closed his eyes.”

The actress who plays Alexis spoke about leaving Monaco before the final episode aired and revealed that saying goodbye was just as difficult in real life.

“As difficult as it may be for #gh viewers to watch today’s and upcoming episodes, it was equally difficult for me and my housemates to play. Playing Kelly Monaco’s mother was effortless and the love is real,” Grahn. wrote via X on Thursday.

Fans immediately said goodbye to the soap opera star.

“Today we say goodbye to Kelly. Our hearts are breaking . I wish you all the success in the world. We love you and we will miss you,” wrote one viewer. “Sam McCall was one of the few consistent leading female characters on #GH over the past two decades. Kelly Monaco was in the key art for virtually her entire tenure. His face became synonymous with the words #HospitalGeneral. “It’s surreal that he’s not on the show anymore,” another shared.

Monaco shared a photo of her final scene at the “General Hospital” on social media last month, writing that her exit “it still doesn’t make any sense to me.” However, he later deleted it.

The actress sparked a stir by labeling her departure from the soap opera after 21 years. as “retaliation”.

In response to a Soap Hub fan who claimed Monaco left because he “didn’t take the pay cut,” the star wrote: “‘No lead role’… do your homework. When Billy Miller was fired, Sam’s story stopped. Stripping Sam of all the characteristics he had. Something I worked for decades to build… Slowly dismantling it, into a character I didn’t recognize, much less the audience. Call it what you want…retaliation at its finest (sic). I will give a proper statement. The truth will set you free.”

Days before Monaco criticized his departure, his mother addressed his fans.

“I want to take this moment to reach out to Kelly’s incredible fans and express my deepest gratitude for the unwavering love, loyalty and support they have shown her during her time on General Hospital,” he wrote on social media on September 28. September. “On this final day, just four days before the anniversary of her first episode on October 1, 2003, Kelly will close her dressing room door for the last time.”

Monaco was supposedly “surprised” by ABC’s decision to eliminate his character, since he starred in more than 2,000 episodes of “General Hospital.”

She first appeared in the city of Port Charles in 2003. The star earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Before being Sam McCall, Monaco played Livvie Locke from 2000 to 2003 on “General Hospital.” spin-off “Port Charles”.