Monday's episode of General Hospital is the start of Sam McCall's funeral and the end of Kelly Monaco's time on the show. Kelly played Sam on the hit soap opera for years and when her surprise firing was announced,

Kelly Monaco, who played Sam on General Hospital, said goodbye to her castmates and thanked them for 25 years of memories after filming her

Monaco, who was reportedly blindsided by producers’ decision to kill off Sam McCall, shed tears as she said goodbye to her colleagues.

General Hospital said goodbye to Kelly Monaco after over 20 years, and her co-stars are reacting to the sudden departure. Monaco joined the long-running soap opera in 2003 as Sam McCall. On the Oct. 24 episode,

General Hospital Spoilers reveal that Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri) was Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) leading man when she was fired from that show. Dominic discusses what it is like to work with Kelly acted out her final scenes on the show.

Kelly Monaco could return as a long-lost unknown twin of Sam's who was raised by the Cassadines to be dangerous and lethal.

It’s been a few weeks since Kelly Monaco aired her final scenes as Sam McCall. She was fired from the ABC soap after two decades on-air, with her character killed off to prop up the return of Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins).