General Hospital Shocking Spoilers Shooting on Christmas Eve, 2 important actors died

Viewers are no doubt used to shocking scenes taking place in Port Charles but watching Franco bleed out immediately got the tears flowing.

Now, everyone is desperate to know if the character is truly gone for good and whether that’s the last time we’ll Roger Howarth on the ABC soap.

Luckily, we’ve got some of the answers to those questions.

Is Franco dead on General Hospital?

The March 9 episode of General Hospital saw Peter escape from his captor and shoot Franco point blank in the chest.

Franco’s apparent death generated left fans feeling everything ranging from despair to indifference.

However, others seem to think that this ‘death’ could have all been a trap to set up Peter so that he think the valuable evidence Franco had about Peter and Drew Cain ‘died’ with him.

Viewers are proposing Franco could even have been wearing a small bulletproof vest, but there was a whole load of blood that seems to cancel out that theory.

We’ll certainly be keeping our eyes peeled for any more clues that soap writers are playing tricks on us.

Is Roger Howarth leaving General Hospital?

A key reason why fans are finding it hard to believe Franco is dead is that fact Roger Howarth has confirmed he isn’t leaving General Hospital yet.

The actor is taking a hiatus in order to raise money for charitable causes, but he’s confirmed he will return to the soap.