Yahoo Lifestyle General Hospital Kills Off [Spoiler]
The Port Charles morgue may want to consider expanding its hours this holiday season.
Just six weeks after General Hospital killed off longtime cast member Kelly Monaco, the Grim Reaper has struck again. In Friday’s episode of the ABC soap, PCPD rookie Dex Heller — the character portrayed by Evan Hofer since 2022 — went into cardiac arrest and died. Dex was hospitalized earlier this week after sustaining a non-life threatening stab wound in the line of duty.
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The death of Josslyn’s sweetheart eerily resembles the circumstances surrounding the sudden passing of Monaco’s Sam McCall, who survived a liver transplant only to suffer an unrelated heart attack. Viewers have since learned that Sam’s death was a homicide. The perp? Cyrus Renault.
In an exclusive interview with TVLine’s sister site Soaps.com, Hofer reveals that the choice to leave was not his. “That’s where the storyline was going,” the actor explains. “With these kinds of things, you never know. I’ve been shot twice. I’ve been in danger plenty… You never really know if this is the time that your character’s luck is going to run out.
“I believe everything works out the way it’s supposed to,” Hofer continues. “I had auditioned for different parts on General Hospital, and it didn’t work out.” When at last he booked a role on the soap, he landed “exactly where I was supposed to be.”
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