Martha Raye
Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1988.Died of pneumonia at Cedars Sinai Medical Center at 1:45pm; by 2pm Harris had her body en route to a mortuary. She also suffered from Alzheimers, cataracts and liver disease, and had lost both legs the year before her death due to circulatory problems.Married last husband Mark Harris - an admitted bisexual - after knowing him for less than a month. He was 42; she was 75.Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 1993 by President Bill Clinton.Had so little formal schooling, her scripts had to be read to her.
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