Award-Winning Soap Opera Actress And Scriptwriter Died At 75

Meg Bennett, an award-winning soap opera actress and scriptwriter, died on April 11. She was 75.

Her obituary, which was first published on April 21 in the Los Angeles Times, highlighted her career as an actress and a writer for The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, Santa Barbara and other daytime series.

“Meg lost her battle with cancer,” the obituary read. “Until nearly the end she was devotedly working with children, writing and engaging with her far-flung family and friends.”

Bennett — born Helen Margaret Bennett on Oct. 4, 1948, before taking the stage name of Meg Bennett — won a Daytime Emmy for Best Writing for General Hospital in 1995. She also earned three Writers Guild of America Awards for the same show in 1994, 1995 and 1997, as well as two wins for Santa Barbara in 1991 and 1992.

“Meg lost her battle with cancer,” the obituary read. “Until nearly the end she was devotedly working with children, writing and engaging with her far-flung family and friends.”

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