Janet Leigh, star of ‘Psycho,’ dies at age 77
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:22 a.m. ET Oct. 4, 2004
LOS ANGELES - Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty whose shocking murder in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller “Psycho” was credited with making generations of film fans think twice about stepping into a motel room shower, has died. She was 77.
The actress’ husband, Robert Brandt, and her daughters, actresses Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis, were at their mother’s side when she died Sunday at her Beverly Hills home, said Heidi Schaeffer, a spokeswoman for Jamie Lee Curtis.
“She died peacefully at home,” Schaeffer told The Associated Press on Monday.
Leigh had suffered from vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels, for the past year.
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The Associated Press
Updated: 9:22 a.m. ET Oct. 4, 2004
LOS ANGELES - Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty whose shocking murder in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller “Psycho” was credited with making generations of film fans think twice about stepping into a motel room shower, has died. She was 77.
The actress’ husband, Robert Brandt, and her daughters, actresses Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis, were at their mother’s side when she died Sunday at her Beverly Hills home, said Heidi Schaeffer, a spokeswoman for Jamie Lee Curtis.
“She died peacefully at home,” Schaeffer told The Associated Press on Monday.
Leigh had suffered from vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels, for the past year.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6172145
