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Report: TV psychic Miss Cleo, 53, has died of cancer

Miss Cleo, a TV psychic who became famous in the 1990s, died Tuesday of cancer, according to TMZ.
Miss Cleo, a TV psychic who became famous in the 1990s, died Tuesday of cancer, according to TMZ. Screengrab

TMZ reports that iconic TV psychic Miss Cleo died Tuesday in Palm Beach County, Fla.

Miss Cleo, 53, whose real name was Youree Harris, had cancer and entered hospice care last week, according to the website.

A representative for Miss Cleo told TMZ that she was originally diagnosed with colon cancer but it spread to her liver and lungs.

Harris, born in Los Angeles, used a Jamaican accent to tell viewers to “call me now” as a TV psychic beginning in the 1990s.

Callers were promised tarot card readings over the phone for a fee.

She was the spokeswoman for the Psychic Readers Network and claimed in infomercials that she was speaking to listeners from Jamaica, according to Us Weekly. She stopped working in 2003.

Her other work included giving voice to the character Auntie Poulet in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in 2002.

In an interview with Vice in 2014, she said she never forgot her extension number for the hotline: 16153.



This story was originally published July 26, 2016 at 1:18 PM.

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