Dr. Joe Werner (Ed Zimmerman until June 30, 1972; Berkeley Harris, temporary replacement, July 1972; Anthony Call, July 1972 to November 5, 1976), character killed off off-screen in India via a heart attack, Sara's second husband Dr. Sara McIntyre (Millette Alexander until end of decade), married Lee Gantry, Joe Werner (his first wife) and Dean Blackford Nurse Marion McHenry (Marion June Lauer Beniades, until 1972), ceased appearing Lee Gantry (Ray Fulmer until August 1970), Sara's first husband who with Miss Mildred Foss tried to gaslight and then kill Sara, character killed off Miss Mildred Foss (Jan Sterling Douglas until January 1970), character killed off Peter Wexler (Michael Durrell until May 1972), won an election in 1970 to be District Attorney of Springfield and left Mike Bauer's firm and was the District Attorney who prosecuted Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris for the murder of her husband Stanley, written out Gilbert "Gil" Mehren (David Pendleton until January 1972; James A. Preston, January 1972 to December 1972), ceased appearing Deborah Herbert Mehren (Olivia Cole until 1973), Gil's wife and Janet Mason's best friend, Dr. Sara McIntyre and Dr. Joe Werner's secretary at Cedars, ceased appearing Tyler Meade (Paul Collins until August 1970), written out Katherine "Kit" Vestid (Nancy Addison Altman until April 25, 1974), originally the second wife of Stanley Norris until she divorced him, a Cedars Hospital volunteer, murdered Charlotte Waring Bauer via poisoning her coffee and tried to kill Dr. Sara McIntyre the same way, was killed when she struggled with Dr. Joe Werner for control of a gun, character killed off Dusty McGuire (James Donnelly, until December 31, 1970), written out Linell Conway (Christina Pickles, January 1970 to May 1972), Stanley Norris' secretary, accused of his murder, before her mother Marion would later confess to the murder during the trial, written out Christie Rogers (Ariana Munker, 1970 to July 1971), Hope Bauer's best friend, written out Dinah Buckley (Courtney Simon, 1970 to 1971), nurse at Cedars, dated Ed between his marriage to Leslie and his relationship with Holly, ceased appearing David Vestid (Peter D. Greene, 1970 to 1971; Dan Hamilton, 1971 to 1972), Kit Vested's brother, employee of Stanley Norris', written out William "Billy" Bauer Dillman Fletcher (James Long, 1970 to 1973; Matthew Slossberg, 1973; Shane Nickerson, 1973 to 1976; Dai Stockton, 1976 to 1977), was talked about until November 1979, Peggy and Marty Dillman's son, adopted by Johnny Fletcher, stepson