" Emmy winner Kathryn Joosten, whose emotional death scene as Karen McKluskey gave Desperate Housewives‘ recent series finale its biggest emotional punch, died yesterday of lung cancer in Westlake Village, CA. She was 72.
Joosten won her Emmys in 2005 and 2008 in the Oustanding Guest Actress in a Comedy for her portrayal of Wisteria Lane’s crankiest (but still loveable) resident..."
I met her at Stand Up to Cancer in 2010, briefly. It was evident that her character on DH was not a far stretch for her - brassy, mouthy and quite passionate about cancer...really, really sad to hear that she died so soon after her "fake" death played out on the DH finale. Art imitates life, and viceversa.
ReplyDeletewhat bravery!!!
ReplyDeleteIF I LOVED HER BEFORE I REVERE HER NOW WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT...
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