Lara Parker said in an interview that she got an apartment and a charge account at Saks and then Dan Curtis called her to tell her that Angelique's character was being killed off.  She said fortunately her character proved to be popular and Dan brought her back. Looking at the recent death scene where Barnabas shoots Angelique, it looks like the writers decided overnight not to kill off her character.  No real explanation in the next episode, just that she tells Ben she thought she was going to die and didn't.  So when did this supposed end to her character happen? Sure her character was taken off and on throughout the series but never for very long.