BREAKING: Angela Lansbury, the iconic actress and singer whose career spanned over 80 years, has died. She was 96.
Dame Angela Lansbury, the iconic actress and singer whose career spanned over 80 years in the entertainment industry, has died, her family announced Tuesday. She was 96.
In a statement, her family said that Lansbury"died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m. ... just five days shy of her 97th birthday." "In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre, and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury," according to the family statement."She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined."
The London-born Lansbury was a five-time Tony Award winner, most notably for her ghoulish role in"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." She also scored Tonys for her work in"Blithe Spirit,""Gypsy," Mame and"Dear World.
Before her television career, she was considered one of the last film stars of the golden age of Hollywood, having been a contract player with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s.
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