Actress Lisa Blount died this week. Only 53 years old.

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Lisa Blount the blonde friend of Debra Winger in Officer and a Gentleman died Monday. She and her husband had returned to Arkansas to live a few years ago.
video interview with Lisa done only a few months ago. She loved her native state and was thrilled to return here.
http://www.katv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13398949

Officer and a Gentleman - with pics of the cast. Lisa in her best known role.
http://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=14025

She was in quite a few movies and tv

It’s a shame to see someone die so young. So far it looks like natural causes. :frowning:

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Wow, I didn’t realize Lisa was nominated for her role in Officer and Gentlemen.

For someone not that well known, she won some pretty impressive awards. This lady had talent.

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She was great in “Box of Moonlight.” RIP

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I was very sad to learn of this. I thought she was so wonderful as the crazy stepmum in the great ahead-of-its-time show Profit.

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Information on the cause of her death. That may be why she semi-retired and returned to her home state a few years ago.
She died with the a phone in her hand. I guess she was trying to call for help. It’s a shame, especially for her mom to find her 2 days later.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/10/28/2010-10-28_lisa_blount_dies_at_age_of_53_after_17_years_battling_chronic_illness_similar_to.html

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Ray McKinnon, her husband, is probably best known as the bonafide suitor in O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the preacher on Deadwood. If you’ve never seen that short film they won the Oscar for–The Accountant–it is very good and well worth hunting down.

RIP.