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June 3, 2012 - Los Angeles, California, U.S. - Kathryn Joosten, who played Karen McCluskey on ABC's ''Desperate Housewives,'' died of lung cancer today in Los Angeles. Joosten, 72, had been battling
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Desperate Housewives' actress Kathryn Joosten, who portrays irritable Karen McCluskey in the US TV show, died on June 02, 2012 in Westlake Village, California
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