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Kathryn Joosten (born Kathryn Rausch; December 20, 1939 – June 2, 2012) [4] was an American actress. Her best known roles include Delores Landingham on NBC 's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC 's Desperate Housewives from 2005 to 2012, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2008.
Kathryn Joosten was a two-time lung cancer survivor and was the national spokesperson for the Lung Cancer Profiles campaign on behalf of Pfizer. [19] Kathryn Joosten herself died of lung cancer just 20 days after the final episode of Desperate Housewives was broadcast. Her character died of the same disease. [20]
Actress Kathryn Joosten died of lung cancer on the morning of June 2, 2012, after an 11-year battle with the disease. Coincidentally, her death occurred twenty days after the onscreen death from cancer of the character of Karen McCluskey , which she played, on the final episode of Desperate Housewives . [ 20 ]
Kathryn Joosten and the cast of Desperate Housewives in season 7. ... which aired May 13, 2012. Less than three weeks later, Joosten died on June 12 in Westlake Village, California, at 72 years old.
By Kathryn Joosten Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic midlife transitions: suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress. But I never plotted out a master plan for following ...
On The West Wing, Mrs. Dolores Landingham [1] is the personal secretary of Josiah Bartlet, the fictional president of the United States played by Martin Sheen. [2] Having worked as the school secretary for Bartlet's father – headmaster of his private high school in New Hampshire [1] – she has known Jed since he was a schoolboy, going on to work for him as secretary while he was the ...
For years, the death of 15-year-old Danielle "Danni" Houchins had been shrouded in mystery. Montana investigators initially said it could have been a tragic accident, but her family always ...
The poem is recited in "Welcome to Kanagawa" by the character Karen McCluskey (Kathryn Joosten), a season four episode of Desperate Housewives. The poem was adapted as the lyrics in the song "Prayer" by Lizzie West. The last four lines of the poem were recited among others in Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.