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Susan Saint James, Star of 'McMillan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie', Dies at 80

Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress whose husky voice and radiant warmth made her a fixture on American television for nearly six decades, has died at 80. The cause was pancreatic cancer, confirmed by her representatives to People on October 26, 2026. She passed away in Los Angeles, where she was born on August 14, 1946, and where she spent much of her life—first as a model in Rockford,Ill

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