Mrs. McCluskey From Desperate Housewives Has Died In Real Life
Kathryn Joosten, who played Karen McKluskey to eye rolling perfect on Desperate Housewives, is now up in heaven after passing away from lung cancer in Westlake Village, CA yesterday. Mrs. McKluskey also died of cancer during the finale of Desperate Housewives. Art imitating real-life sadness. Kathryn was 72.
Those of you who watched The West Wing also know Kathryn as the President's secretary Mrs. Landingham. TVLine says that Kathryn didn't start her acting career until she was 42, but she quickly filled up her IMDB page with roles in Scrubs, Roseanne, Dharma & Greg, Joan of Arcadia, Buffy, My Name Is Earl and dozens of other shows.
Kathryn's rep says that she was surrounded by her family before she passed.
Mrs. McKluskey was one of my favorite characters on DH (yes, I watched that mess till the very painful end), because she didn't let children fuck with her, perfected the art of the eye roll, was nosy as all hell and regularly verbally slapped a trick down with the truth. We should all hope to be just like that when we enter the Metumacil phase of our lives. Rest in peace, Mrs. McKluskey.
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The other day, my husband picked up my brand, which had a guy with a hole in his throat on it. creation de lien
She was absolutely amazing. Earned every Emmy she got and then some. She just did an interview on entertainment weekly and couldn't be more hilarious.OOPs Interview Questions
This is so sad. I really liked her character in DH :(
I especially loved her in Scrubs, another show she died in! So sad. :-(
it was so painful to watch her fade away in the series so this is even more sad news to me, such a lovely person, R.I.P.///
Submitted by betseyfan2 on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 11:50pm.
haaaaaaaaa. I *knew* those warnings didn't work! What if the price were $100 a pack? I guess if you're hooked you'd pay it...
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Please: It's "rahnday."
Submitted by RandéSleepover on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 11:24pm.
Submitted by betseyfan2 on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 11:15pm.
...he caught himself going thru the ashtrays for butts.
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Our packs here have gruesome visual warnings on them...really gruesome of late. The other day, my husband picked up my brand, which had a guy with a hole in his throat on it. He felt-penned that hole into an ascot before he handed them to me so I wouldn't be repulsed. Thoughtful of him, and I laughed, but then, in a way, I felt like your dad....WTF am I *DOING*?
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Submitted by betseyfan2 on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 11:15pm.
Well, you're smokers--doubt that other stuff. I know it's hard to quit. My dad and mom smoked when they were young. I recall my dad saying he quit when, the morning after a big soiree, he caught himself going thru the ashtrays for butts.
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Please: It's "rahnday."
Rande, is so weird to be reading and "talking" about this...just an hour ago, the hub and I were discussing this VERY thing (lung cancer)....cuz we are low-down, trashy, disgusting, idiotic, shameful SMOKERS! GAHHHH!
::cough:: We're *trying* to quit.
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Submitted by betseyfan2 on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 11:02pm.
Yessir. (I tried a few at 13 and they made me ill, so I never picked up the lousy habit. Picked up some other lousy habits, but at least my lungs are fairly clean. :) )
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Please: It's "rahnday."
Submitted by RandéSleepover on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 5:23pm.
She smoked for 45 years. Even if you only smoked when younger, as a lot of folks did in, say, the 50s and 60s, you can still get cancer in late adulthood.
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Like Peter Jennings. I believe (and am tooooo tired and lazy-azzed to google) he'd quit 20 yrs before being diagnosed.
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Submitted by Poopele on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 6:42pm.
They say that a lot of the cast members of My Name is Earl die an early death.
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I kind of wish all those Scientologists would die.
Submitted by Vicvoc on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 7:19pm.
is kinda cruel that they make her act a cancer death when...she has cancer!
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They didn't make her. She wanted to bring attention to lung cancer because it is the least funded of the common types of cancer.
RIP. I didn't watch much Desperate Housewives, but saw her in the final shows.
Great lady!! Love her story that she took up acting later in life after her divorce to make a few bucks and became one of the busiest actresses in Hollywood!
RIP Ms. Jootsen. Thank you for everything.
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Mrs. McKluskey and her buddy, who they killed on season 4? Were so damn awesome oldsters in the neighborhood.
Rip Kathryn.
is kinda cruel that they make her act a cancer death when...she has cancer!
They say that a lot of the cast members of My Name is Earl die an early death.
I had no idea she was sick in real life. Loved her character on DH and was sad when she died on the show. RIP Mrs. McCluskey.
Kathryn was great on 'Desperate Housewives' and all of the other shows she was on. She was adorable and I'm sorry she's gone. RIP.
I'm with tojo: same deal, love. Seen her in other things but NEVER watched DH. *shudder*
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She smoked for 45 years. Even if you only smoked when younger, as a lot of folks did in, say, the 50s and 60s, you can still get cancer in late adulthood.
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Please: It's "rahnday."
My grandfather never smoked and he died of lung cancer 25 years ago. I agree that it's often underrepresented or misunderstood.
RIP Mrs McCluskey.
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I didn't watch RH but I might have seen her in other shows. She sounds like she was a really cool lady.
RIP Kathryn...
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Agreed, jersey. Too many non-smokers (like me) have the attitude of "lung cancer victims have only themselves to blame". But seeing Kathryn's recent interviews, I sympathize with her position. It shouldn't mean that lung cancer sufferers don't deserve research and funding. Plus tens of thousands of non-smokers get the disease, too. Many people have addictions that may ultimately harm them. Smoking happens to be one that kills a large number.
didn't watch DH, but i do remember her as mrs landingham on TWW, and she was wonderful. RIP. :(
Submitted by Webberbear on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 4:26pm.
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Didn't know that. I'm glad they considered her feelings.
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She was like your favorite Aunt because she got it.
Over the years, she had some of the best lines - hilarious.
RIP
Submitted by jerseygirl17 on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 4:15pm.
Wait a minute, didn't Desperate Housewives just end? So the writers wrote in a death by cancer for a character played by a real-life cancer patient? That's kind of cold.
Actually, Kathryn welcomed it. Lung cancer kills more than all other cancers put together, but it has the lowest funding and the lowest attention paid to it as a public health issue.
"When Marc Cherry told Joosten of the story arc, she said, “Get it right!…I have no fear of delving into this storyline. This is a terrific idea to get the word out there and bring lung cancer awareness into the spotlight."
Tbh, she seemed more interesting than the wives. RIP Kathryn Joosten! ;(
MK, not everyone reaches the "Metamucil phase" some firmly go the ol' tried and true bran or prune juice route...
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Like MK I watched DH till the bitter end. At least her suffering is over, rest in peace Mrs McK. You made Sunday nights watching DH a pleasure. Wonder what the famewhoring ladies of DH will wear to the funeral...you know they're getting their most dramatic mourning 'fits ready...
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Wait a minute, didn't Desperate Housewives just end? So the writers wrote in a death by cancer for a character played by a real-life cancer patient? That's kind of cold.
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Aw man that's very sad, knowing she was probably quite ill whilst filming the show too! She was my favourite on Desperate Housewives too.
RIP Kathryn and miss DH, made evening Sundays better. :)
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RIP Ms. Joosten. i liked her in everything i saw her in.
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
She was absolutely amazing. Earned every Emmy she got and then some. She just did an interview on entertainment weekly and couldn't be more hilarious. I was about to
Say can the dlisters please put a moratorium on their "I have to show everyone how cool I am and say who is this? Or I don't watch mainstream tv so I don't know who this is" but it looks like I'm too late. Sigh. R.i.p.
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This bitch was fabulous. Seriously good in everything she was in. Best thing many nights on Desperate Hosebags. And she survived Teri Snatchers.
Go in peace…..
Kathryn Joosten had Dutch roots, so that kind of made her 'one of ours' too. Rust zacht, mevrouw Joosten.
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Who are you calling silly cow?
She was the only character I liked on Desperate Housewhores.
RiP, Ma'am.
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