explanation. Not until years later, during an anniversary episode, did Dr. Steve Hardy mention that Jessie had died. Personal life McLaughlin was married to actor Robert Lansing from 1956–1968, with whom she had a son. After their divorce, she married actor Jeffrey Hunter in February 1969. Three months after the marriage, Hunter died of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 27, aged 42. On April 26, 1991, McLaughlin died of cancer, aged 62. She is interred next to second husband Jeffrey Hunter in the Glen Haven Memorial Park cemetery in Sylmar, California. In 1994, McLaughlin's daughter Mary Ann Anderson wrote and published Portrait of a Soap Star: The Emily McLaughlin Story. Filmography Further reading Don Keefer, "Emily McLaughlin's Life Story". Afternoon TV. September 1975, pp. 48–61. References External links 1928 births 1991 deaths Actresses from New York (state) American soap opera actresses American television actresses Middlebury College alumni People from White Plains, New York Deaths from cancer in California 20th-century American actresses