Death of Anne Francis

September 16, 1930 - January 2, 2011
Santa Barbara, California | Age 80

'Forbidden Planet' star dies at 80
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BOB THOMAS, The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Anne Francis, who was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later was a sexy private eye in "Honey West" on TV, has died at age 80.

Francis died Sunday at a Santa Barbara nursing home, said Bill Guntle, a funeral director at McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary in Santa Barbara.

Francis, who had surgery and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with lung cancer in...

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