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Tx4obama

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Sat Jan 4, 2014, 08:04 PM Jan 2014

Alicia Rhett Dead: 'Gone With The Wind' Actress Dies At 98


Alicia Rhett Dead: 'Gone With The Wind' Actress Dies At 98

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Alicia Rhett, an actress who played one of the sisters of Ashley Wilkes in "Gone with the Wind," died Friday. She was 98.

Rhett died of natural causes about 5 p.m. at the Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community in Charleston, said Gadsden spokeswoman Kimberly Farfone Borts.

Rhett was the oldest surviving cast member of the 1939 film starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, Farfone said.

Still-surviving cast members include Olivia de Havilland, 97, who played Ashley Wilkes' cousin and wife, Melanie Hamilton; Mary Anderson, 93, who played Maybelle Merriweather; and Mickey Kuhn, 81, who played Beau Wilkes, Farfone said.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/04/alicia-rhett-dead-dies_n_4541353.html



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Alicia Rhett Dead: 'Gone With The Wind' Actress Dies At 98 (Original Post) Tx4obama Jan 2014 OP
I believe Olivia's sister, Joan Fontaine, died a few days ago theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #1
Yes, Dec 15th, link below Tx4obama Jan 2014 #2
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