<P> The song became popularized when the American television network ABC began playing `` Think of Laura '' in reference to characters on the soap opera General Hospital . One of the program 's supercouples , Luke and Laura , were quite popular at the time , and the song came to be associated with the character Luke 's love for Laura , who had been missing for many months . Cross allowed ABC to use his song in this context ; however , he has stated that he wrote `` Think of Laura '' not in reference to the television characters , but to mourn the death of Denison University college student Laura Carter who was killed when she was struck by a stray bullet fired over a block away , during an altercation between four men . </P>
<P> The song became popularized when the American television network ABC began playing `` Think of Laura '' in reference to characters on the soap opera General Hospital . One of the program 's supercouples , Luke and Laura , were quite popular at the time , and the song came to be associated with the character Luke 's love for Laura , who had been missing for many months . Cross allowed ABC to use his song in this context ; however , he has stated that he wrote `` Think of Laura '' not in reference to the television characters , but to mourn the death of Denison University college student Laura Carter who was killed when she was struck by a stray bullet fired over a block away , during an altercation between four men . </P>
who was the song think of laura written about
who was the song think of laura written about
Luke and Laura
Luke and Laura