Mry Hartman, Mary Hartman's sister dies at 52 (Debralee Scott)

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From the L.A. Times. She was one of those really good comic actresses whose career never really took off:

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She was a frequent guest celebrity on various incarnations of Match Game, which I would guess is where most people these days might recognize her. I always went back and forth on her on that show. She always came off as one of those comic sexbomb types but she always seemed to be trying just a little too hard.

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Not Hotzi Totzi???

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She made overbite sexy.

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Gene Tierney made overbite sexy.

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That’s a shame. I always liked her, and wondered why she didn’t achieve a greater level of popularity and work. What kind of “natural causes” kill a woman at age 52?

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Bad heart?

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Sadder and sadder:

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Well, they’re either together forever or in a state of not caring whatsoever.

She was a cutie.

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I, of course, am going with “in a state of not caring whatsoever,” but it’s sad that her last few years were so, well, that damn word “sad” keeps cropping up. Must reach up and get my Thesaurus.

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So sad. I remember her as the goofy sister on the totally forgotten sit-com Angie (I had such a crush on Robert Hays) and in the Police Academy movies. She was pretty much a fixture for a few years in sit-coms and low-budget movies.

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daughter of…

Reverend Totzi.

Rest happily in the Light Perpetual, Debralee.

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The cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver.

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Walloon, you seem sure of your comment so I don’t doubt that it’s so, but would you mind providing a cite? I’ve been curious about the cause ever since she died, probably because the “natural causes” stated by her family sounds so unlikely.

At any rate, I’ve been Googling away ever since reading your comment and I can’t find anything on it.

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Cirrhosis of the liver, as you can see by Walloon’s link, is not necessarily linked with alcoholism, as so many people believe.

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The National Enquirer, May 2, 2005, p. 38:

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Sorry, that should be “Port Authority cop”.

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Oh, well, don’t I look a right prat.

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Thanks, Walloon. I was sorry to hear of Debra Lee’s death; there was always something sort of vulnerable and likable about her. I was hoping her death truly was due to a previously unknown “natural” problem and that it was quick and painless. I was sorry to learn of the tragic circumstances that occurred in her life.

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Is the National Enquirer a reliable source of information?

I always thought it was one of those trashy magazines that make claims of aliens landing or Abraham Lincoln being revived from his grave by Elvis.