Dame Maggie Smith,star of stage,film and Downton Abbey,has died aged 89
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Dame Maggie Smith,star of stage,film and Downton Abbey,has died aged 89

British actor Maggie Smith,who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in “Downton Abbey,” has died,her family said on Friday. She was 89.

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