carey@seismo.UUCP (Marie Carey) (03/15/84)
Did anyone catch the March 13 (I think that is the correct date) show where Leslie Webber bites the dust? Does anyone care to elaborate? Also, when she died, did Luke and Laura come back for the funeral? I caught just about the last 15 minutes of it on March 14 and it was definitely after the funeral when just the immediate family is together in the living room of Rick and Leslie's house and they are all crying, etc. I did not see any Luke and Laura there. Does anyone know if the actress who played Leslie wanted off the show or was she fired? Thanks for any info. M. Carey
johnnyr@ihuxa.UUCP (John R. Rosenberg) (03/16/84)
To answer the question of the how's and why's of Leslie Webber's
death....
She died of injuries suffered in a car crash during the most
horrendous ice storm to hit Port Charles 'in history' after being
verbally and mentally harrassed by D. L. Brock, who has framed
Leslie's husband Rick, making it appear that Rick took a rather
sizeable bribe as Health Commissioner to re-open Brock's food
manufacturing plant after he closed it down for violations
and an outbreak of botulism.... well you get the idea.
The actress who played the now defunct Dr. Webber (Denise something)
decided to leave the show after a contract stalemate. I did read
that she did not really approve of being killed off, but would have
rather "run off with a sailor."
Luke and Laura were off hiking in the Himalaya's and could not
be reached for the funeral. When the do hear about the death, they
may come back for a quickie 'guest spot.'
John Rosenberg at AT&T Tech.
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