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Teri Garr Dies: ‘Tootsie’ Oscar Nominee & ‘Young Frankenstein’ Star Was 79
Teri Garr, who scored an Oscar nomination for 'Tootsie', starred in 'Young Frankenstein' and appeared in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, died Oct. 29 at 79.
Teri Garr in 2000, left, and with Gene Wilder in 1974's 'Young Frankenstein' Teri Garr, who scored an Oscar nomination for Tootsie, starred opposite Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks’ classic horror spoof Young Frankenstein and played Richard Dreyfuss’ put-upon wife in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, died Tuesday. Her publicist Heidi Schaeffer told The Associated Press that Garr died of multiple sclerosis after struggling with health issues in recent years. Comments Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy.
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