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"\"&lt;strong&gt;General Hospital&lt;/strong&gt;\" is one of the longest running daytime soaps in the history of television ... and the children of the couple who created the show claim they've been screwed out of a major part of their cut. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/26/0426-general-hospital-ex.jpg\" alt=\"0426_general_hospital_ex\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ has obtained a lawsuit filed by the estate of &lt;strong&gt;Frank and Doris Hursley &lt;/strong&gt;-- the couple who created the show back in 1963. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the lawsuit, the Hursley's daughters claim their parents struck a deal with ABC way back when ... to reap 10% of all profits from the syndication of the show ... but ABC hasn't honored the deal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The daughters allege ABC has cooked the books for years -- and has failed to pay the full amount owed to the creators. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hursley children do not specify how much money they believe ABC owes -- but they want a judge to force ABC to open up its books to an audit ASAP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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