Death of Eleanor Parker

June 26, 1922 - December 9, 2013
Palm Springs, California | Age 91

'Sound of Music' actress at 91
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JESSICA HERNDON, The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleanor Parker, who was nominated for Academy Awards three times for her portrayals of strong-willed women and played a scheming baroness in "The Sound of Music," has died at 91.

Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia. "She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm Springs," Gale added.

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