Meg Bennett, General Hospital writer, Young and the Restless actress, dead at 75 WSOC TV [Video]

Meg Bennett, an award-winning screenwriter for “General Hospital” who also appeared on “The Young and the Restless,” died April 11, her family announced Sunday. She was 75.

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Bennett “lost her battle” with cancer, her family wrote in her obituary, which was first published Sunday in the Los Angeles Times.

The actress played Julia Newman on “The Young and the Restless,” appeared as Megan Richardson on “Santa Barbara” during the 1990s and as Allegra Montenegro on “General Hospital” in 2005,” according to the newspaper.

On stage, Bennett appeared as Marty Maraschino for more than two years during the original Broadway run of “Grease,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. She then began her long career in soap operas on “Search for Tomorrow” beginning in 1974.

Helen Margaret Bennett was born on Oct. 4, 1948, according to People. She grew up in Pasadena, California, and attended Northwestern University, where she majored in drama, the Timesreported. She was …