Her publicist B. Harlan BollsaidChanning died early Tuesday of natural causes at home in Rancho Mirage, California.
According to theAssociated Press, Boll said she had suffered strokes twice in the last year.
you might probably count on one hand the number of shows Channing missed during her entire seven-decade career.
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The three-time Tony winner and much-caricatured comedian was a firm believer in the healing power of applause.
I would get everything under the sun, shetold theAustin Chroniclein 2005.
I fell off the stage all the time because Im nearsighted.
Everything went wrong with me.
I even got cancer …. Theres something healing about just going ahead and doing the show anyway.
Incidentally, Channing only landed the show after Ethel Merman producer David Merricks dream Dolly declined.
(The Merm eventually wised up and went in as a replacement Dolly.)
No wonder Channings 2002 memoir was titledJust Lucky I Guess.
