Actress Estelle Harris, best known for playing Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld and voicing Mrs. Potato Head in three Toy Story movies, died Saturday in Palm Desert, California, her family announced. She was 93.
Harris died of natural causes, People reports. In a statement, her son, Glen Harris, said his mother's "kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy, and love were practically unrivaled, and she will be terribly missed by all those who knew her."
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