Angela Lansbury, star of the long-running drama collection "Homicide, She Wrote," has died, the British actress' household confirmed. She was 96.
She died "peacefully in her sleep at residence in Los Angeles" early Tuesday morning, Michael A. McConnell, of Zero Gravity Administration, mentioned in a press release on behalf of her three kids. Lansbury was going to show 97 in simply 5 days.
All through her 80-year profession, Lansbury starred on the large display, tv and on stage. She earned 5 Tony Awards, most not too long ago in 2009 for her position within the Broadway revival of "Blithe Spirit."
Lansbury starred in Disney's 1991 animated musical "Magnificence and the Beast," voicing Mrs. Potts, however is maybe greatest identified for starring as thriller author Jessica Fletcher within the CBS hit "Homicide, She Wrote," which ran from 1984 to 1996.
Earlier than her tv profession, she was thought of one of many final movie stars of the golden age of Hollywood, CBS Los Angeles reported. She was a contract participant with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer within the Forties.