# Barbara March ("Lursa") dies

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**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-march-lursa-dies/838617 "2019-08-13T17:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-march-lursa-dies/838617/1 "2019-08-13T17:21:16Z")

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Barbara March, who played Lursa, one of the Klingon Duras sisters on _Star Trek: The Next Generation_, _Deep Space Nine_, and in the movie _Generations_, passed away on Sunday after a battle with cancer. March was 65.

> **[Barbara March, TNG, DS9's Klingon Lursa, Passes Away at 65 - TREKNEWS.NET |...](https://treknews.net/2019/08/13/barbara-march-star-trek-lursa-passes-away/)**
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> Another Star Trek celebrity has ascended to Sto-vo-kor. We have learned that Barbara Scarfe (credited as Barbara March), the actress who played the magnificently evil Lursa, one of the Duras sisters, passed away on Sunday after a battle with cancer....

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**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-march-lursa-dies/838617/2 "2019-08-14T03:44:17Z")

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I remember the Duras sisters and their battle action cleavage. Lursa was a pretty decent villain. Sorry she went too early.