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Oscar-winning ‘Moonstruck’ actress Olympia Dukakis dies at 89 – Sydney Morning Herald

Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her performance as a sardonic, middle-aged mother who advises her headstrong daughter on matters of love in the 1987 romantic…

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New York: Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her performance as a sardonic, middle-aged mother who advises her headstrong daughter on matters of love in the 1987 romantic film comedy Moonstruck, died on Saturday at age 89.
Dukakis – a cousin of unsuccessful 1988 Democratic US presidential nominee Michael Dukakis – passed away at her New York City home on Saturday morning after months of failing health, according to her agent, Allison Levy. Her daughter, Christina Zorich, was by her side.
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