Charleson, who starred as Monica Quartermaine on 'General Hospital' and was the longest-tenured cast member on the soap opera, died on Jan. 12

Michael Tullberg/Getty Images General Hospital star Leslie Charleson’s cause of death has been revealed, reports TMZ. Charleson died of blunt head trauma on January 12 at the age of 79, reported the outlet on Thursday,

A cause of death has been revealed for Leslie Charleson, who played cardiologist Monica Quartermaine on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital for nearly 50 years. Charleson died of sequelae of blunt head trauma,

| WATCH Josh and his team attempt to decipher an ancient inscription carved into a cliffside, believed to hold clues to the origins of a mysterious civilization. As they dangle 30 feet above a 650-foot drop,