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Miss Cleo dead: Famed TV psychic Youree Harris dies at 54 after cancer battle
Celebrity deaths in 2016
Miss Cleo, whose real name was Youree Harris, was best known for appearing on the Psychic Readers Network TV ads.
Famed TV psychic Miss Cleo is dead at 54, her rep announced Tuesday.
TMZ reports the former ’90s icon, best known for her “Call me now!” catchphrase, died Tuesday morning in Palm Beach County, Florida. She had been hospitalized recently after a battle with colon cancer that spread to her liver and lungs.
Miss Cleo, whose real name was Your Harris, was born in L.A. and rose to fame as her Jamaican character in ads for the Psychic Readers Network, a telephone service that charged callers for Tarot card readings. She also voiced a character in the “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City” video game, contributed to Fuse TV and appeared in used car commercials.
