50 years ago, we lost Agnes Moorehead

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Fifty years ago, on April 30, 1974, we lost one of the greatest actresses of all time - Agnes Moorehead. She died from uterine cancer (which was reportedly diagnoses in 1969) at the age of 73. She built a successful career which included radio, stage, movies and television. She is best known to television audiences for her role as 'Endora' in the hit series 'Bewitched' which ran from 1964 -72. Her last professional role was on the Broadway stage in the musical 'Gigi', which she starred as 'Aunt Alicia' from opening night in November, 1973 until she was forced to drop out in January, 1974 due to illness. When she died, she was survived by her mother - who lived to be 106 when she died in 1990.