Cloris Leachman, Oscar-winning actor, dies at 94

Cloris Leachman, who won an Oscar in 1971 for playing a lonely housewife in ’The Last Picture Show,’ has died in California at the age of 94. Her publicist said she died in her sleep of natural causes at her Encinitas home. She gained fame for her role as a nosey neighbor in ’The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ in 1973. She, at 82, was also a contestant on the 2008-09 season of ’Dancing With The Stars.’