The long-running ABC soap opera General Hospital will be seeing the exit of a controversial character this week: Natalia Ramirez. Played by actress Eva LaRue, the character’s upcoming departure may not come as a surprise to many loyal fans of the show,

Eva LaRue is exiting General Hospital over a year after joining the show as Natalia, the disapproving and homophobic mother of Jacqueline Grace Lopez's Blaze. Initially serving as a villain, LaRue's character quickly earned the ire of the long-running soap's viewers.

Her exit aside, LaRue is grateful for her experience on the show, which is currently in its 62nd season after debuting in 1963.

On the June 30 episode of General Hospital, Natalia Ramirez fatally overdosed on a mixture of pills and booze, and on the July 1 show, she was officially declared dead. For Eva LaRue, whose exit from

On the daytime soap opera General Hospital, the character of Natalia Ramirez was introduced as a controlling mother and manager to her daughter, Blaze.

Natalia Ramirez is heading out of Port Charles. Deadline has confirmed that Eva LaRue is leaving General Hospital after her character is seen popping pills and throwing back booze in the June 30 episode.

Eva LaRue (ex-Maria Santos, All My Children ), who joined General Hospital in February 2024 as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez, will wrap up her run on the soap this week.

Natalia Ramirez is on her exit journey on General Hospital, almost a year and a half after she arrived in town. Played by Eva LaRue, Natalia was portrayed as a homophobic mother to Blaze.

General Hospital' star Eva LaRue shares her thoughts on her character Natalia Ramirez's tragic death and how it became a career highlight

For Eva LaRue, playing a villainess was no walk in the park. Now, she's speaking out on leaving "General Hospital."