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General Hospital’s Leslie Charleson ‘Doing Her Best to Recover’ After Health Issues, ‘Unlikely’ to Return


General Hospital's Leslie Charleson is 'unlikely to return' to the soap opera, a source exclusively tells Closer, while she's recovering from health issues.

Ailing General Hospital actress Leslie Charleson hasn’t been seen on the daytime soap opera since December, and sources don’t expect her back anytime soon as she deals with her own medical issues. The beloved star, 79, who’s played cardiologist Monica Quartermaine on the long-running show since 1977, was seen having lunch and a glass of wine in L.A. “She’s doing OK under the circumstances and in no rush to push herself,” an insider exclusively tells Closer.

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