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Mimi Hines Dead: 'Funny Girl' Star Was 91

Mimi Hines, the Canadian comedian and stage actress who succeeded Barbra Streisand in the Broadway production of 'Funny Girl,' has died. She was 91.

Mimi Hines, the Canadian comedian and stage actress who succeeded Barbra Streisand in the Broadway production of “ Funny Girl,” has died. Hines and Ford went on to secure bookings on several other late-night programs and nab top billings at nightclubs around the country. After appearing in the NBC sitcom “Frasier” in 1999 as Mrs. Latimer, Hines returned to Broadway, starring as Miss Lynch in “Grease” and Hattie Walker in the New York City Center’s production of “Follies.”

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