Soap opera star and screenwriter Meg Bennett has died

Award-winning screenwriter and actor Meg Bennett, who achieved fame on "The Young and the Restless," has died, her family announced Sunday. She was 75.
Bennett "lost her battle" with cancer on April 11, the family said in its obituary, first published in the Los Angeles Times.
Audiences knew Bennett as the striking brunette Julia Newman on CBS' long-running soap opera. She played Megan Richardson on "Santa Barbara" in the 1990s and Allegra Montenegro on "General Hospital" in 2005.
Bennett also found a rewarding career behind the camera. She became a scriptwriter on "Young & the Restless" and later, "The Bold and the Beautiful," "General Hospital," "Santa Barbara" and "Sunset Beach."
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