Kathryn Joosten

Less than three weeks after nosy neighbor Mrs. McCluskey succumbed to <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000027" title="Lung Cancer" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/lung-cancer-HEDAI0000027.topic">lung cancer</a> on the series finale of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENTTV00000014" title="Desperate Housewives (tv program)" href="/topic/entertainment/television/desperate-housewives-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00000014.topic">"Desperate Housewives,"</a> <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB0000007259" title="Kathryn Joosten" href="/topic/entertainment/kathryn-joosten-PECLB0000007259.topic">Kathryn Joosten</a> -- who won two <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVHST000010" title="Primetime Emmy Awards" href="/topic/entertainment/television/primetime-emmy-awards-EVHST000010.topic">Emmy Awards</a> for her portrayals of the television character -- died of the same disease. Joosten was also known for playing the president's secretary on the TV series "The West Wing," above. She was 72. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0603-kathryn-joosten-20120603,0,3282565.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2012notables-gallery,0,1269713.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable deaths of 2012</span></a>
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Less than three weeks after nosy neighbor Mrs. McCluskey succumbed to lung cancer on the series finale of "Desperate Housewives," Kathryn Joosten -- who won two Emmy Awards for her portrayals of the television character -- died of the same disease. Joosten was also known for playing the president's secretary on the TV series "The West Wing," above. She was 72. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2012

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