Film icon Angela Lansbury's family said she died peacefully in her sleep at her Los Angeles home, just five days shy of her 97th birthday.
Her family said in a statement: "The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday."
But the British-born star had been in Hollywood since she was a teenager, earning the first of three Oscar nominations in 1945.Picture: Alamy Her stardom came in middle age when she became the hit of the New York theatre, winning Tony Awards for Mame , Dear World , Gypsy and Sweeney Todd . She holds the record for the most Golden Globe nominations and wins for best actress in a television drama series and the most Emmy nominations for lead actress in a drama series.Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said: "Saddened to learn of the passing of Dame Angela Lansbury.
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