![]() ![]() “I feel that the writers were good about clarifying that Megan wasn’t dying from lupus,” the actress maintains. Tuck remains proud of the impact that the story had and especially of the message it imparted. “And the fact that Megan died in Jake’s arms… There was a finality to it. “At every turn, it was expected that ‘Oh, this is what’s going to save her.’ Then ‘Oh God, this is what’s going to save her,’” Tuck said. Jake had it transplanted to the hospital where he decorated it with Valentine’s Day hearts, and carried Megan to a window to see. Together, the lovers remembered their wedding day and the tree they’d planted outside the church. “I didn’t want to show a lip-gloss version of what it means to be at end of life, because I felt that would be disrespectful to those who actually were suffering.” “I remember saying, ‘Not only do I not want makeup, but I actually want you to put dark circles under my eyes, and I didn’t wash my hair,” Tuck shared. ![]() Sadly, the transplant didn’t take, and Jake made it back home to find Megan near death. “Megan’s passing was emotional for me because OLTL had become my home,” Tuck recalled. “There was a mother/daughter dynamic at play there,” recalled Tuck, adding that the show “addressed the question of, ‘How does that get pushed on when one of the people in the dynamic is facing a deadly situation?’” ![]() Unfortunately, Megan didn’t follow precautions and wound up needing a kidney from Viki. ![]()
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