American Actress Cloris Leachman Dead at Age 94

American Actress Cloris Leachman Dead at Age 94
Actress Cloris Leachman poses at a 40th anniversary screening of "Young Frankenstein" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Samuel Goldwyn theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2014. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
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LOS ANGELES—American actress Cloris Leachman, who won eight Emmys for her work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and other television programs as well as an Academy Award for “The Last Picture Show,” died on Wednesday at the age of 94, her representatives said.

Leachman’s publicist said in a statement that the actress died of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, California.