On December 16, 2014, Angela Lansbury posed for a picture in Los Angeles at “Blithe Spirit” press day.
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The scene-stealing British performer Angela Lansbury, who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy,” has passed away. In the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” Lansbury played crime novelist Jessica Fletcher, who solves numerous crimes. She was 96.
According to a statement from her three children, Lansbury passed away on Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She passed away five days before turning 97.