WARNING: This article contains spoilers for General Hospital season 62, episode 70. And just like that, Port Orchard will never be the same.Fans who tuned in to General Hospital today were in for a shock when Dex Heller,

Evan Hofer is out as Dex on General Hospital. The rumors have swirled for a few days since it seemed like storylines foreshadowed Dex’s death. Soap Opera Digest reported that Hofer is no longer on GH.

Hofer opened up to Entertainment Weekly about his departure from the soap: I found out probably a few weeks before we filmed the scene and honestly, I was just excited to find out what the story was going to be,