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Helen Gallagher dead at 98: Two-time Tony Award winner starred on soap opera Ryan's Hope


Helen Gallagher, the acclaimed stage and television actress best known for her iconic role as Maeve Ryan on the ABC daytime drama Ryan's Hope, has died at the age of 98.

Gallagher passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Manhattan, confirmed by New York’s Herbert Berghof Studio, where she had taught a musical theater singing class for many years. She went on to star in numerous Golden Age Broadway musicals, including The Pajama Game, Mame, Finian’s Rainbow, and Sweet Charity, the latter alongside Gwen Verdon and Ruth Buzzi. Gallagher passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Manhattan, confirmed by New York’s Herbert Berghof Studio, where she had taught a musical theater singing class for many years; (Ryan's Hope 1979)

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