'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' actress Karen Black dies at 74

[truebluefan]

Karen Black, a versatile actress whose name became virtually synonymous with films that reflected and helped define America in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including “Five Easy Pieces,” died Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 74.

Family spokesman Elliot Mintz confirmed her death.

Diagnosed with ampullary cancer in 2010, Black had sought help from the public earlier this year to cover the cost of her medical treatment. An appeal by her husband, Stephen Eckelberry, on a crowd-sourcing website raised more than $60,000.

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[Denny Crane]

I never liked her in the movies. 74 isn't that old, tho, and I don't remember seeing her in a movie for many years. Sounds like she lived off her earlier earnings to the point she needed help. Sorry to hear that.