Shell Kepler Who Played the Nurse in General Hospital Has Died

One of the characters in General Hospital was the well-loved gossipy, busybody nurse Amy Vining. Shell Kepler who played that role endeared herself to many viewers and had many fans.

She was admitted to hospital and shortly admission died of renal failure on February 1. She was only aged 49.

A fan of TV soap operas herself, she said she had been watching General Hospital since she was a kid at the age of three. She joined the show in 1979, and was on the show for more than 20 years, until 2002.