AMC really knew how to make the audience feel as if you lost a loved one when a longtime character passes.

And the funny thing is she was the third actress to play Kate, yet she was the one viewers loved. She was one of a kind. That little montage they made of her work was absolutely perfect.

Kate was the pillar of the community and the best part of humankind...very big loss when she died.

Never gets any better than this, what a show it was in its prime

I remember watching this when it aired.  All My Children was family

This is why AMC has been cancelled.  They got rid of Brooke, Mark, Paul, Hillary and Tom.  These people should have carried on the torch.

I think why she was so loved was she was an amazing Mother, Grandmother and Mother In Law who never caused problems with Ruth as Lady of The House.  Bert Bauer from Guiding Light could have learned from her.

I’ll never forget that episode and the way she blows a kiss goodbye at the end.❤️

Thanks for posting this.  Once Grandma Kate was gone, AMC wasn't quite the same.  And now, without any of the older generation featured (unless you want to consider Erica), the show lost its balance and I lost interest.  We miss you Kate, Mona, Phoebe, Charles, Langley, Joe, Ruth, and Paul!

Now that is how a person should be honored in death. What a wonderful character and wonderful woman. Sad that so many of her mourners have also passed on.

This kills me everytime and I lost my VHS copy of this in a move so thank you for letting me see her and cry again for our Gran!!!!

Ok, did anyone else laugh when "little" Charlie complimented Erica, since years later he and Erica had a fling??? On top of that, how is he Tara's son? He looks about 14 or 15 here. WTF???

How funny to see Erica saying "Little Charlie Brent" who became her lover a few years later lol

This beautiful...my mom adored this show...thank you...

This woman had soap opera credentials both in radio and television for decades. From Wiki: " In 1948, she began playing Lola Conway in Katie's Daughter on NBC.  She played Laura Richardson on Lonely Women  in 1942-1943 and Evey Perkins on Ma Perkins from 1945 to 1960 and was a member of the cast of The Flying Patrol in 1941-1942 and Sweet River in 1943–1944.  Her first regular televised serial role was as Helene Benedict on The Guiding Light from 1957 until 1964. She went on to play Rose Pollock #3 on The Edge of Night.

She had retired following her role on The Edge of Night but she was coaxed out of retirement by soap opera writer and producer Agnes Nixon, who had created the role of "Kate" especially for Kay Campbell on the soap opera All My Children. Contrary to popular belief, she was not the first actress to play the role. Kate Harrington originated the character, was recast with Christine Thomas, who was in turn recast with Campbell. She portrayed Kate Martin from mid-1970 to her death in 1985.]

Its amazing how most of the actors on here are the over 40 crowd.  Today, that wouldn't be the case.  Even though this show was in its prime, the executives at networks think we want to watch shows with 20 somethings now.

What a blast from the past! Great to see them!

Grandma Kate always reminded me of my dear Grandma who passed away when I was age 6.

This was a wonderful tribute to Kay Campbell. If only the lives of Phoebe, Myrtle and Palmer had been similarly honored when their portrayers passed away. Typical of the bad writing that killed AMC, a few reminiscences were just squeezed in around "business as usual" scenes. So sad.

Tad was so gorgeous back in the day.