News about Kelly Monaco

Kelly Monaco is still understandably salty about her firing from General Hospital after more than 20 years in the role of Samantha 'Sam' McCall. The Dancing With the Stars champion shared a photo of herself with the show's Davis family, played by Kate Mansi, Nancy Lee Grahn and Kristen Vaganos. Kelly, 48, captioned the photo, 'Last scene with the Davis girls. Still doesn't make any sense to me.' Nancy, who plays her character's mother, shared a sweet comment. 'In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein. I love you. All will be well. There are some things a TV mother just knows.'

Kelly Monaco is leaving General Hospital after starring on the long-running soap opera for 21 years. The 48-year-old actress, who has been playing Sam McCall for over two decades, will be exiting the daytime drama series sometime in the fall. On Monday, Soap Opera Network reported that Monaco was 'blindsided' after she learned her longtime character will be 'killed off' the show.

Billy Miller, a director of GM, died on September 17 at the age of 43 after a battle with'manic depression.' According to soap opera journalist Michael Fairman, the soap opera singer and three-time Emmy winner, who also appeared on The Young and the Restless, died on Friday in Austin, Texas. As per TMZ, the reason for death has yet to be confirmed, but reps for the actor said he was suffering from'manic depression' at the time of his death.