The District 3/15 (R.I.P. Lynne Thigpen)
03-14-03 | 03:20 PM
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"Where There's Smoke" Saturday, March 15, 9PM ET/PT
Tony-winning actress Lynne Thigpen, who played Ella Farmer on CBS's The District, died suddenly Wednesday night at her home in Los Angeles. She was 54. The cause of death was not imediately known. "I'm in shock," says District star Craig T. Nelson. "She was a wonderful actress and a friend." Thigpen won a Tony Award for her role in the Broadway production of An American Daughter. She'll also be seen in the upcoming Jack Nicholson-Adam Sandler film Anger Management.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/distric...lthigpen.shtml
I just wonder how they will write her out, most likely something to do with Ella's cancer. I haven't missed an episode of this show since it debuted. Hard to believe Lynne was the same person who played the bitch in Lean On Me.
She will be missed on here.
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Tony-winning actress Lynne Thigpen, who played Ella Farmer on CBS's The District, died suddenly Wednesday night at her home in Los Angeles. She was 54. The cause of death was not imediately known. "I'm in shock," says District star Craig T. Nelson. "She was a wonderful actress and a friend." Thigpen won a Tony Award for her role in the Broadway production of An American Daughter. She'll also be seen in the upcoming Jack Nicholson-Adam Sandler film Anger Management.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/distric...lthigpen.shtml
She will be missed on here.
03-14-03 | 06:21 PM
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For some reason, I wasn't shocked. Strange, isn't it? I watched most of the first season of the District, and in the show, she had breast cancer, and at one point she had a relapse I think. I guess that for some reason it was planted in my mind that she was sick in real life as well. Too bad, because I liked her work.
I am really curious to what the cause is though.
I am really curious to what the cause is though.
03-14-03 | 07:26 PM
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How will I ever get clues to find Carmen Sandiego now?
03-16-03 | 09:08 PM
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05-07-03 | 01:59 PM
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Was it ever announced what the cause of her death was?
Was it ever announced what the cause of her death was?
"Ella Mae" Saturday, May 10, 9PM ET/PT
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