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Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
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What happenedSusan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s crime series “Mc Millan & Wife” and later in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80". The right frames it as "“Kate & Allie” Star Dead At 80".
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CenterSusan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles · Center · News report
Right / center-right“Kate & Allie” Star Dead At 80
Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s crime series “Mc Millan & Wife” and later in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.
Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s crime series “Mc Millan & Wife” and later in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.
Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s crime series “Mc Millan & Wife” and later in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.
Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s crime series “Mc Millan & Wife” and later in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.
Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s crime series “Mc Millan & Wife” and later in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.
Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of 'Mc Millan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie,' dies at 80
Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s crime series “Mc Millan & Wife” and later in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.
Susan Saint James, activist and TV star of ‘Kate & Allie’ and ‘Mc Millan & Wife,’ dies at 80
LOS ANGELES — Susan Saint James, the TV star who shared the screen with Rock Hudson as his onscreen wife in “Mc Millan & Wife” and co-led the heartfelt, blended family comedy “Kate & Allie”...
