General Hospital spoilers tease that viewers were shocked to learn the news that Kelly Monaco is being let go from General Hospital.

Monaco has been playing Sam McCall on the show since October of 2003. The character of Sam is reportedly being killed off later this year.

According to sources, Monaco was “blindsided” by Sam’s departure from the canvas. But General Hospital wasn’t the first time Monaco visited Port Charles.

General Hospital Spoilers – Kelly Monaco Played Livvie Locke On Port Charles

In the year 2000, Monaco joined the cast of General Hospital spin-off Port Charles. She played the character of Livvie Locke from 2000 – 2003.

When Port Charles was cancelled, Monaco was approached by several soaps to join their cast but she enventually settled on the role of Sam McCall.

Sam has quite the history in Port Charles and has had many romances with the likes of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Bernard), Jasper “Jax” Jacks (Ingo Rademacher) and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton).

GH Spoilers – Sam McCall Won Jason Morgan’s Heart

Sam’s romance with Jason was her longest running storyline. Sam and Jason were both danger junkies, so they had all sorts of adventures together. But eventually they got married and had a son, Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn).

Jason was eventually presumed dead, and Sam had a romance with his twin brother Drew Quartermaine (now played by Cameron Matheson). Drew believed he was Jason until the real Jason came back.

Sam and Jason eventually reunited but finally broke up when Sam decided she could no longer live with the type of danger Jason brought into their lives.

General Hospital Spoilers – Sign The Petition To Retain Kelly Monaco On General Hospital

In recent years, Sam has embarked on a romance with Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zomprogna). They seem to be quite happy but that could change once Dante’s former wife, Lulu Spencer (last played by Emme Rylan) wakes up from her years long coma.

With Sam now set to die, it seems that General Hospital is planning to reunite Dante and Lulu, If you are one of the many fans that want General Hospital executives to reconsider the decision to let Monaco go, here’s the link to the change.org petition.

GH Spoilers – What Do You Think?

Will you sign the petition to retain Kelly Monaco on General Hospital? What will be Sam’s final storyline? Anything can happen in Port Charles so stay tuned to General Hospital airing weekdays on ABC.

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