Youree Dell Harris, known better as Miss Cleo the psychic to viewers of iconic late-night infomercials, died July 26, 2016, at a hospital in Palm Beach County, Florida, according to multiple news reports. She was 53.
Harris died of metastatic colon cancer, according to the TMZ website. Her cancer had been discovered in 2015.
Harris, who was born Aug. 12, 1962, in Los Angeles, got her start in the theater, acting in her autobiographical play, “Women Only: A Celebration of Love,” in Seattle, Washington.
She became famous after she became the turban-clad TV pitchwoman for the Psychic Readers Network, a psychic pay-per-call service, from 1997 to 2003. Billed as Miss Cleo, Harris uttered the line “Call me now!” in a Jamaican patois.
Youree Dell Harris, known better as Miss Cleo the psychic to viewers of iconic late-night infomercials, died July 26, 2016, at a hospital in Palm Beach County, Florida, according to multiple news reports. She was 53.
Harris died of metastatic colon cancer, according to the TMZ website. Her cancer had been discovered in 2015.
Harris, who was born Aug. 12, 1962, in Los Angeles, got her start in the theater, acting in her autobiographical play, “Women Only: A Celebration of Love,” in Seattle, Washington.
She became famous after she became the turban-clad TV pitchwoman for the Psychic Readers Network, a psychic pay-per-call service, from 1997 to 2003. Billed as Miss Cleo, Harris uttered the line “Call me now!” in a Jamaican patois.
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