'Designing Women' star dies, aged 70
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April 12, 2010, Monday
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"DESIGNING Women" star Dixie Carter, whose Southern charm and natural beauty won her a host of television roles in the United States, has died at age 70.
Carter died on Saturday morning, according to publicist Steve Rohr, who represents Carter and her husband, actor Hal Holbrook. He declined to disclose the cause of death or where she died. Carter lived with Holbrook in the Los Angeles area.
"This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook said in a written statement. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
A native of Tennessee, Carter was most famous for playing wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women," the CBS TV comedy that ran from 1986 to 1993. The series was the peak of a career in which she often played wealthy and self-important but independent Southern women.
She was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for her seven-episode guest stint on the ABC hit "Desperate Housewives."
Carter also had roles in the series "Family Law" and "Diff'rent Strokes."
She married Holbrook in 1984. The two had met four years earlier but each had suffered two failed marriages and were wary at first.
They wed two years before Carter landed her role on "Designing Women." Holbrook appeared on the show regularly in the late 1980s.
Carter is survived by daughters Mary Dixie and Ginna.
Carter died on Saturday morning, according to publicist Steve Rohr, who represents Carter and her husband, actor Hal Holbrook. He declined to disclose the cause of death or where she died. Carter lived with Holbrook in the Los Angeles area.
"This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook said in a written statement. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
A native of Tennessee, Carter was most famous for playing wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women," the CBS TV comedy that ran from 1986 to 1993. The series was the peak of a career in which she often played wealthy and self-important but independent Southern women.
She was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for her seven-episode guest stint on the ABC hit "Desperate Housewives."
Carter also had roles in the series "Family Law" and "Diff'rent Strokes."
She married Holbrook in 1984. The two had met four years earlier but each had suffered two failed marriages and were wary at first.
They wed two years before Carter landed her role on "Designing Women." Holbrook appeared on the show regularly in the late 1980s.
Carter is survived by daughters Mary Dixie and Ginna.
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