The song became popularized when the American television network ABC began playing "Think of Laura '' in reference to characters on the soap opera General Hospital. One of the program 's supercouples, Luke and Laura, were quite popular at the time, and the song came to be associated with the character Luke 's love for Laura, who had been missing for many months. Cross allowed ABC to use his song in this context; however, he has stated that he wrote "Think of Laura '' not in reference to the television characters, but to mourn the death of Denison University college student Laura Carter who was killed when she was struck by a stray bullet fired over a block away, during an altercation between four men.
who was the song think of laura written about
Luke and Laura