General Hospital Star Leslie Charleson’s Cause of Death Revealed

More details about Leslie Charleson‘s tragic passing have come to light.

One month after the General Hospital alum died at age 79, the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner determined her cause of death to be “sequelae of blunt head trauma,” meaning a condition caused by a previous head injury, according to online records viewed by E! News Feb. 13. 

The medical examiner deemed her manner of death an accident, per the records.  

And a prior skull injury wasn’t the only condition Leslie was struggling with at the time of her passing. Additionally, the medical examiner stated that she was diagnosed with asthma, arthritis, atrial fibrillation and normal pressure hydrocephalus—a brain disorder where excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) accumulates in the organ’s ventricles, according to Cleveland Clinic.  

Charleson—who starred as Monica Bard Webber (later Monica Quartermaine) on General Hospital for nearly 50 years before leaving in 2023—died on Jan. 12 while at the hospital.