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- General Hospital co-head writers Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten revealed their plans to dedicate episodes to Denise Alexander and Tristan Rogers’ characters
- The couple expressed their hope that they can create a story that will “carry” Alexander and Roger’s name “into the future”
- The ABC soap opera paid tribute to late actress Leslie Charleson in a two-part farewell last month
Denise Alexander and Tristan Rogers‘ legacy will live on in Port Charles.
After the death of the two loved ones General Hospital stars – who portrayed Dr. Lesley Webber and Robert Scorpio respectively on the ABC soap opera – co-writers Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten recently shared. TV Insider that they plan to honor the late actors with tribute episodes dedicated to their characters.
“He is greatly missed, and we aim to pay tribute to Tristan and Robert in the same way we did to Leslie (Charleson) and Monica (Quatermaine),” the couple said of Rogers, who died at age 79 in August after sharing his cancer diagnosis a month before.
As for Alexander? Van Etten, 35, continued with the actress, who died of natural causes at age 85 last month“We want to make sure that we achieve the same goal that I think we have with the story of Monica’s passing. We want to have a story that will carry (Lesley and Roberts’) names into the future, so that we still feel the presence of Roberts and Lesley for years to come.”
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Eight months after Leslie Charleson died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 79the authors dedicated a two-part farewell to the actress and her character. During the September memorial episodes, everyone reflected on their history with Monica, including Jason Morgan (Steve Burton), Ned Ashton (Wally Kurth) and Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison).
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The writers emphasized how important it was to pay tribute to both the actors and the characters they spent decades portraying. In Charleson’s case, she embodied Dr. Quartermain for nearly 50 years.
“Monica was a pillar of General Hospital”, Korte, 62, explained to TV Insider. “She was the heart of the Quartermaines, and the Quartermaines are our crazy, amazing family. It was very important to show the whole crew, and especially Jason and Tracy, both for those characters and for those actors.”
