Actress Georgia Engel, best known for her portrayal of Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died Friday in Princeton, New Jersey. She was 70.
Engel's friend and executor, John Quilty, said she was a Christian Scientist, and because she did not see doctors, the cause of death is unknown.
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