Angela Lansbury has died aged 96 (Picture: AP)
Dame Angela Lansbury has died at the age of 96.
The screen icon, most known for her role in Murder, She Wrote, died at her home in LA earlier today.
Her family confirmed the news, revealing her death came just days before her 97th birthday.
‘The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m. today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,’ it read.
‘In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury.
‘She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw.’
The statement, shared via People Magazine, concluded: ‘A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined.’
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She died just days before her birthday.