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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Shirley Knight, who was twice Oscar nominated for best supporting actress, for “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (1960) and “Sweet Bird of Youth” (1962), and won a Tony and three Emmys, died on Wednesday of natural causes in San Marcos, Texas. She was 83.

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Robert Patrick, a pioneering playwright in the Off Off Broadway movement who later won wider acclaim for the 1975 Broadway staging of his play Kennedy’s Children, died in his sleep at home in Los Angeles on Sunday, April 23. He was 85.

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Veteran film, TV, and stage star Shirley Knight has died, aged 83.

Shirley Knight, a two-time Academy Award-nominated actress, has died at her home in Texas. She was 83.

Two-time Oscar nominee, Shirley Knight, died of natural causes on Wednesday at her daughter Kaitlin's home in San Marcos, Texas. 

Shirley Knight, the daring actress and darling of Tennessee Williams who received Oscar nominations for her work in her third and fourth films,The Dark at the Top of the StairsandSweet Bird of Youth, has died. She was 83.

Shirley Knight, who was twice Oscar-nominated for best supporting actress, for “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (1960) and “Sweet Bird of Youth” (1962), and won a Tony and three Emmys, died on Wednesday of natural causes in San Marcos, Texas. She was 83.

Shirley Knight, a Tony- and Emmy Award-winning actress, has died. She was 83. Knight died on Wednesday of natural causes at her daughter's home in San Marcos, Texas, according to her daughter Kaitlin Hopkins, who confirmed the news on Facebook.

The Academy Award nominee, Shirley Knight has passed away at the age of 83. As per the latest news reports, the actress died of natural causes in Texas.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Shirley Knight, who was twice Oscar nominated for best supporting actress, for “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (1960) and “Sweet Bird of Youth” (1962), and won a Tony and three Emmys, died on Wednesday of natural causes in San Marcos, Texas. She was 83.

Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has died aged 83.

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