Frances Lear
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Frances Lear was an activist, magazine publisher and writer
. She was the wife of television producer Norman Lear
. After her 1985 divorce, Lear used her $112 million settlement to start Lear's, a magazine targeting women over 35. The magazine folded six years later. She was believed to be the inspiration for the character Maude Findlay on the sitcom Maude
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Lear died of breast cancer
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Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. She was the wife of television producer Norman Lear
Norman Lear
Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude...
. After her 1985 divorce, Lear used her $112 million settlement to start Lear's, a magazine targeting women over 35. The magazine folded six years later. She was believed to be the inspiration for the character Maude Findlay on the sitcom Maude
Maude (TV series)
Maude was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978.Maude starred Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with...
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Lear died of breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
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