How General Hospital said goodbye to Kelly Monaco in final episode after shock exit

“General Hospital” fans are mourning Sam McCall — spoiler alerts below!Kelly Monaco’s final episode as the iconic character ended on Friday, November 1, after McCall donated her liver to Lulu Spencer.We now know what happened to make that decision fatal.Earlier this week, viewers learned that the doctors had successfully removed her organ, but Sam lost her life in the process.

Fast-forward to Friday, when McCall’s mom, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), told Sam’s longtime lover, Dante (Dom Zamprogna), that she had a heart attack after the surgery.Carly (Laura Wright), Sonny (Maurice Benard), Drew (Cameron Mathison) and Laura (Genie Francis) all learned of McCall’s death in this episode, despite Laura having a sneaking suspicion that something happened when she saw Dante in tears at the hospital.Dante begged Alexis to disclose what happened to McCall, begging her, “How can she be gone? It doesn’t make any sense!” Alexis explained that the heart attack came out of the blue.

“She was showing me her engagement ring,” she said, weeping.“Then she said she couldn’t breathe and then closed her eyes.”The actress who plays Alexis addressed Monaco’s departure before the last episode aired, revealing saying goodbye was just as hard in real life.

“As hard as it may be for #gh viewers to watch today’s episodes and the episodes to follow, it was equally as hard for me and my casemates to play.Playing Kelly Monaco’s mom has been effortless and the love is real,” Grahn wrote via X on Thursday.Fans immediately wished the soap opera star farewell.“Today, we say goodbye to Kelly.

Our hearts are breaking .I wish her all the success in the world.

We love you, and you will be missed,” one viewer wrote.“Sam McCall was one of the few consistent leading female characters on #GH for the last two decades.

Kelly Monaco was on the key art for virtually her entire tenure.Her face became synonymous with the words #GeneralHospital.

It is surreal that she...