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Actress Jill Clayburgh Dead at 66

Hollywood and Broadway actress Jill Clayburgh has died at the age of 66 after fighting a 21-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Clayburgh died Friday surrounded by family at her home in Lakeville, Conn., according to her husband, Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe. Perhaps best-known for her Oscar-nominated role in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman," Clayburgh forged a career portraying strong and confident women who were marked by certain flaws. According to The Associated...Full Story
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