Leslie Charleson — a widely known cleaning soap opera star — has died … in response to an announcement posted to the official “Normal Hospital” Instagram account.

Frank Valentini — an govt producer on the long-running cleaning soap — wrote the assertion … highlighting Charleson’s enduring legacy after greater than 50 years on the present.

Valentini writes that simply as Leslie’s character was the guts of the Quartermaine household on the present, she was a matriarch to the solid and crew … and, she shall be deeply missed. Frank didn’t point out a explanation for loss of life.

Selection studies she handed away Sunday morning after battling a protracted sickness.

Charleson began appearing professionally on the present “A Flame within the Wind” in 1965 when she was simply 19 years outdated … happening to look in episodes of “Mannix,” “The Wild Wild West,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “Blissful Days,” “Cannon,” “Barnaby Jones,” and extra.

However, it wasn’t till 1977 when she obtained her huge break … first showing within the position of Dr. Monica Quartermaine in “Normal Hospital” — taking on the position of Monica Bard from actress Patsy Rahn.

From ’77 till 2023, Leslie appeared in 2,079 episodes of the present — changing into the longest tenured solid member in ‘GH’ historical past. Latest well being points, together with a number of falls, prevented her from showing on the present in 2024.

Leslie was 79 years outdated.

RIP