# Maureen Stapleton dies at age 80

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**Created:** [March 13, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-stapleton-dies-at-age-80/348202 "2006-03-13T18:02:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-stapleton-dies-at-age-80/348202/1 "2006-03-13T18:02:52Z")

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[Cite](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/13/obit.stapleton.ap/index.html)

She was a staple of screen and stage, and won an Oscar for her portrayal of Emma Goldman in “Reds.”

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-stapleton-dies-at-age-80/348202/2 "2006-03-13T18:32:36Z")

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First out of the chute for the 2007 Oscar “In Memoriam” montage.

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**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maureen-stapleton-dies-at-age-80/348202/3 "2006-03-13T23:46:21Z")

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> [@Otto](#):
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> First out of the chute for the 2007 Oscar “In Memoriam” montage.

Nope. Got 3 others, at least, that happened before 2006 Oscars but didn’t make it into the montage:

Don Knotts  
Dennis Weaver  
Darren McGavin

Probably also Jack Wild & Gordon Parks.

It’s been a bad year for actors so far. ☹