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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. She was 72.(Pic: Getty Images)
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The star had battled lung cancer, although her official cause of death has not been determined. (Pic: Getty Images)
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She was treated and given the all clear the following year and spent time promoting cancer awareness.(Pic: Getty Images)
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Show's co-star Dana Delany has paid tribute to Joosten on Twitter. "Very sad to hear of @KathyJoosten's death. She was a salt-of-the earth nurse who became a brilliant actor. Her comic timing was nonpareil." Stuff.co.nz quoted her as writing.(Pic: Getty Images)
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"Kathryn spoke openly and passionately about her fight with lung cancer. It is our loss that she is gone (sic)," she wrote.(Pic: Getty Images)
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