Lee and Dr. Gail Baldwin are late fictional characters and a married couple from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, General Hospital.
Lee was portrayed first by Ross Elliott then Peter Hansen and Gail was portrayed by Susan Brown.
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1977, psychiatrist and widow Dr. Gail Adamson and met attorney Lee Baldwin and discovered that they were both mourning the loss of their spouses. This bonded them as they grieved together.
Lee's late wife Carolyn Chandler Baldwin, had been lost at sea with her son and in order to help him move past his grief, Gail contacted Lee's son, Scott Baldwin. Scott came to town, got a job as a clerk at General Hospital and eventually fell in love with Laura Webber.
In 1980, Gail and Lee married and became very involved in Scott and Laura's love life, even to the extent that when Laura tried to divorce Scott, Lee burned up the divorce papers.
A few years later, Lee and Gail left town to do some much-desired traveling. They returned in 1993, and Lee to his work with General Hospital, serving on the Board and as Counsel to the facility.
In 1994, Gail and Lee were shocked to discover that young Karen Wexler was their granddaughter. She was conceived after Scott had an affair with his secretary Rhonda Wexler. In 1997, Scott returned to Port Charles with his young daughter Serena Baldwin, with his late wife, Dominique Stanton and carried by surrogate Lucy Coe, who adopted her after Dominique's death. Gail and Lee were overjoyed to see Scott and their granddaughter Serena again.
A year later, serial killer Dr. Julie Devlin is caught and it's discovered she was brainwashed, and Lee became her guardian. While under their care, Gail tried everything she could to get Julie committed to Ferncliff Asylum, to get the help she so desperately needed.
In 1999, Lee suffered from a Pulmonary Embolism, devastating Gail and many others, but due to the care and support of his loved ones, he made a full recovery. That same year, Gail and Lee were overjoyed to gain another granddaughter when Scott and his then-wife, Lucy, adopted a baby girl. Gail was further honored when the baby was named, Christina Gail Baldwin at her christening. In 2003, Gail and Lee were devastated when Karen was killed after being struck by a speeding car. Gail comforted a grieving Scott, and helped him make the decision to donate Karen's blood to help save Lucy's life. The following year, when Lila Quartermaine passed away in her sleep, Gail and Lee attended the funeral and paid their respects.
In July 2017, when Lee passed away it was revealed both he and Gail moved to Florida. Gail herself passed away on January 2, 2019. After Gail's death her portrait was added to the memorial wall at General Hospital.
