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While some General Hospital characters have become legends in Port Charles, others slipped away without getting a chance to live out their full potential.

Dex

The latest to join this group of lost potential characters is Dex (ex-Evan Hofer), who just became Gh’s second mysterious death recently after already surviving a stab wound. Port Charles has yet to react to the rookie cop’s unexpected death, with Josslyn (Eden McCoy) and Anna (Finola Hughes) being the first to find out.

Since showing up in Port Charles in 2022 and becoming a mini Jason (Steve Burton) while working for Sonny (Maurice Benard), Dex was thrown one curve ball after another. From getting hung from a meat hook to secretly working for Michael (Chad Duell) to joining to the Pcpd, Dex’s present still wasn’t as bad as his past. Dex often confided in Joss about his upbringing with abusive brothers,...

1964: Another World's Pat had TV's first abortion.

1985: Santa Barbara's C.C. collapsed before signing divorce papers.

1989: Guiding Light's Rick proposed to Meredith.

1997: Another World's Kirkland faced an oncoming car."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

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1964: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) had an abortion. This was the first abortion story told in television history. Irna Phillips and William J. Bell were the writers.

We Love Soaps received a message from Ms. Trustman earlier this year: "Yes, I am, indeed, alive and well and live in Los Angeles with my husband, film and TV producer,...

Annie Potts has been tapped to star in ABC's comedy pilot Red and Blue, Vanessa L. Williams will topline UPN's drama pilot South Beach and Greg Germann has signed on to star in the Sci Fi Channel pilot Eureka. In other pilot-casting news, Liz Vassey will play one of the leads in UPN's comedy 20 Things to Do Before You're 30; Tami Roman, Richard T. Jones and Brad Rowe have landed roles in UPN's comedy Talk Show Diaries; Alan Dale has joined the cast of the WB Network comedy Bow; Erin Hershey Presley has been added to the cast of ABC's untitled Holly Hester comedy; and Stephanie Lemelin has been added to the cast of Fox's comedy Dirtbags. Red and Blue, from Touchstone TV and Shady Acres, centers on a conservative grandfather and a liberal father who disagree about how to raise the next generation. Potts will play the grandmother.

NEW YORK -- Elisabeth Filarski Hasselbeck, a contestant on CBS' Survivor: The Australian Outback has been named a co-host on ABC's The View after the daytime show held lengthy on-air tryouts to fill its vacancy. View executive producer Barbara Walters made the announcement on air Monday with the rest of the co-hosts. In a Survivor-style introduction, the tribal council of View co-hosts held up signs unanimously bearing the name Elisabeth on it, confirming her victory over finalists Rachel Campos, from MTV's The Real World: San Francisco, and Erin Hershey Presley, who appeared on the ABC daytime drama Port Charles. Hasselbeck, 26, a shoe designer and wife of Washington Redskins quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, will begin her duties today. "We were looking for someone who stands out; you have to care what comes out of her mouth, and we felt Elisabeth had all those things plus youthful vitality -- and it doesn't hurt that she's a pretty girl," View executive producer Bill Geddie said after the show. Hasselbeck, repped by ICM, was host of the Style Channel's The Look for Less, which helps viewers find designer looks at bargain prices.