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Angela Lansbury, the British-born actress whose decades-long career included stage, movie and television roles, has died at the age of 96.
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Lansbury's daughter, Deirdre Bowen, said in a statement that her mother died peacefully at her home in Beverly Hills on Wednesday.
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"She was an extraordinary woman who loved life and embraced it with great gusto," Bowen said.
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Lansbury was best known for her role as Jessica Fletcher, a murder-solving mystery writer..
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On the long-running television series "Murder She Wrote."
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The show ran for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996.
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Lansbury's other notable film roles included the 1944 noir classic "Gaslight" and Disney's 1963 animated musical "The Sword in the Stone."
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She was also the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney's 1991 blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast."
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Lansbury was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was awarded a special Tony in 2013 for her contributions to the theater.
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She was also made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014.
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Lansbury is survived by her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David. Her husband, Peter Lansbury, died in 2003.
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