Desperate Housewives: Kathryn Joosten died

Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey known from the U.S. series Desperate Housewives seasons 1-8 dvd, the fight against lung cancer has unfortunately lost. Yesterday, she died at the age of 72.

Kathryn Joosten died yesterday Friday in Westlake Village, California at the age of 72 years, as TV Line reports. The cause of death was said to be lung cancer. A disease that Joosten in the years 2001 and 2009 and had since been defeated for warnings in TV shows, where people smoke heavily ("Mad Men dvd box set") began (Mad Men: Kathryn Joosten smoking warning calls). According to her management, she was at the time of her death in the care of her family.

Her most popular series, the role of Karen McCluskey was in the U.S. series "Desperate Housewives". There, she appeared in 89 episodes and played the sprightly and always helpful neighbor. Marc Cherry, they had an agreement about the fact that her character should not be killed before the end of the series. But in the series finale Karen McCluskey also died of cancer (Desperate Housewives - Review of the series finale). For her role in "Desperate Housewives", she won Emmys in 2005 and 2008 in the category of "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy."