United Kingdom, Feb. 14 -- 'General Hospital' star Leslie Charleson died from a "sequelae of blunt head trauma".

The soap star, who appeared in 2,079 episodes of the ABC soap Oprah as Monica Quartermaine, passed away on January 12 aged 79 - a week after she had a nasty fall that left her hospitalised - and now it has been revealed she died as a result of long-term effects from a head injury, which did not happen recently.

It is not clear when she injured herself, but she previously had a series of falls which stopped her from appearing on the show.

According to TMZ.com - which obtained her death certificate - the Los Angeles County medical examiner noted the acting legend had been battling normal pressure hydrocephalus - which causes c...