Colleagues are remembering the soap opera star for her "quick wit" and presence on set. She died after a long illness.

Leslie Charleson, who played cardiologist Monica ... a razor-sharp cardiologist with an embattled personal life full of marriages, divorces, heartbreak and affairs. In a statement to NPR, close ...

Leslie Charleson, who played cardiologist Monica ... a razor-sharp cardiologist with an embattled personal life full of marriages, divorces, heartbreak and affairs. In a statement to NPR, close ...

(ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) Leslie Charleson ... razor-sharp cardiologist with an embattled personal life full of marriages, divorces, heartbreak ...