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.

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

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