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 | | Soap historian Waggett credits Bridget and Jerome Dobson, "GL's" head writers from 1975 to '80, for rescuing the series from a midlife slump by streamlining plots and introducing modern themes such as marital rape. |
 | | Bridget Dobson, a Thiensville native and the granddaughter of the late Wisconsin Socialist Congressman Victor Berger, is second-generation soap royalty: Her parents, Frank and Doris Hursley, created "General Hospital." |
 | | The Dobsons, who went on to create "Santa Barbara" in 1984, now live in Atlanta, where Bridget, a painter, says she doesn't even watch the soaps, let alone write for them. |
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