Death of Jill Clayburgh

April 30, 1944 - November 5, 2010
Lakeville, Connecticut | Age 66

Oscar-nominated actress dies at 66
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DERRIK J. LANG, The Associated Press

Jill Clayburgh, the sophisticated Hollywood and Broadway actress known for portrayals of empowered women in a career spanning five decades, highlighted by her Oscar-nominated role of a divorcee exploring life after marriage in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman," has died. She was 66.

Her husband, Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe, said Clayburgh died Friday surrounded by her family at her home in Lakeville, Conn., after a 21-year...

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