NEWS / American actress Susan Saint James died of pancreatic cancer – death certificate

The death certificate of American actress Susan Saint James has been released, revealing that the TV star died of metastatic pancreatic cancer, which she had been fighting for several months. Saint James died in Los Angeles, California, on October 26 at age 80.

A representative for the actress stated that her family remembered her as someone who was “generous with her time and energy, which she valued more than money, and instinctively drawn to whoever needed lifting up,” as quoted by PEOPLE, which obtained a certified copy of the death certificate on November 5.

“Every person she met became the most important person in the room at that moment, from a fellow board member to the clerk at the show store, who usually walked away knowing her entire life story,” the statement quoted by PEOPLE said. “She brought that same fire and positivity to everything that followed, and never lost it.”

A native of California, Saint James was born Susan Jane Miller in 1946, but changed her name when she decided to pursue acting at age 20.

Saint James became well-known for her role of research assistant Peggy Maxwell in the TV series The Name of The Game (1968-1971). She went on to play the lead character of Sally in the TV show McMillan & Wife in 1971, starring opposite Rock Hudson. The detective series lasted for 6 seasons until 1977.

In the 1980s, Saint James also became well-known for her role as Kate McArdle in sitcom Kate & Allie (1984-1989) opposite Jane Curtin. The show focused on Saint James’s and Curtin’s characters as divorced women.

Outside of television, Saint James was also known for her role as Cindy Sondheim in the 1979 comedy film Love at First Bite. In her later years, Saint James made guest appearances on Law & Order and Suits.

Saint James was married 3 times, but her first 2 marriages to Richard Neubert and Tom Lucas ended in divorce, while her last marriage to NBC TV executive and SNL Co-Creater Dick Ebersol, with she tied the knot in 1981, lasted until her death. She had 5 children, 3 with Ebersol and 2 with Lucas, although her and Ebersol’s son Teddy tragically died in a plane crash at age 14 in 2004.

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