‘General Hospital’ Star Sonya Eddy’s Cause Of Death Revealed After Her Tragic Death At 55

General Hospital actress Sonya Eddy suddenly passed away connected Monday, Dec. 19 astatine the property of 55 and now, her origin of decease has been revealed. Sonya’s person and collaborator, Tyler Ford, revealed connected Dec. 19 that she succumbed to an interior corruption pursuing a scheduled surgery, per TMZ. According to Tyler, Sonya went successful for a scheduled country connected Dec. 9 and was released 2 days aboriginal connected Dec. 11. She was admitted backmost into the infirmary connected Dec. 15 aft she began to consciousness ill.

When Sonya was checked by doctors, Tyler claimed they discovered she had picked up an “uncontainable” infection, and by Dec. 19, she was placed connected beingness support. She died successful the infirmary Monday night.

Sonya Eddy poses astatine ‘The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey’ premiere successful March 2022 (Photo: Stewart Cook/Shutterstock)

Sonya’s person and chap actress Octavia Spencer, 52, notified the satellite of her decease via an Instagram station connected Dec. 20. “The satellite mislaid different originative angel. Her legions of @generalhospitalabc fans volition miss her. My thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones, friends, and fans!” she wrote alongside a representation of Sonya

Following her death, ABC released a connection that praised Sonya arsenic a “tough but compassionate” person, per Page Six, akin to her relation she played connected General Hospital arsenic caput nurse, Epiphany Johnson. Sonya joined the formed of the deed ABC bid successful 2006 and was an progressive subordinate of the formed erstwhile she passed. She appeared successful much than 540 episodes successful 3 seasons, per IMDb.

Sonya Eddy died astatine the property of 55 and near 4 dogs down (Photo: River / MEGA)

Fans whitethorn beryllium amazed to larn that California-born Sonya did not conscionable play a nurse; she was a registered caregiver successful existent life, according to Soap Opera Digest. In a Nov. 2022, she shared respective amusive facts that fans whitethorn not person known astir her. “I perfectly emotion fearfulness movies! All movies really,” she told Stone Cold And The Jackal. “There are times I volition spell to the cinema and ticker 4 movies successful a row. I bash person a penchant for fearfulness films though, the scarier the better!” She besides described herself arsenic a “mad Scrabble player” and said she her “rays of sunshine” are her 4 dogs.

The actress who ne'er joined oregon had children.

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