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Clarice Taylor of the acclaimed sitcom The Cosby Show has died at the age of 93. According to People, Taylor died of heart failure.Clarice Taylor was best known as Bill Cosby's mother Anna Huxtable even receiving an Emmy nomination in 1986.Clarice Taylor of the acclaimed sitcom The Cosby Show has died at the age of 93.... more
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Cosby Show Actress Clarice Taylor Dies
By Rennie Dyball and Debra Lewis-Boothman
Wednesday June 01, 2011 12:00 PM EDT
Cosby Show Actress Clarice Taylor Dies
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Clarice Taylor, who played Bill Cosby's mother on The Cosby Show, died on Monday at age 93, her rep tells PEOPLE.
She succumbed to heart failure and was surrounded by family when she passed.
Taylor earned an Emmy nomination in 1986 for her recurring role as Dr. Cliff Huxtable's mother, Anna Huxtable, on the long-running sitcom.
A performer on stage, radio, TV and film for over five decades, the actress was a member of the New York stage group, the Negro Ensemble Company, and helped to pave the way for African-American actors in the early 1960s.
Her own big break came that decade when she landed the role of Harriet, David's grandmother, on Sesame Street. She also starred alongside Liza Minelli in 1970's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon and played Grady's Cousin Emma on Sanford and Son.
Taylor is survived by her two sons, William and James, and her five grandchildren.
Clarice Taylor (right) in a 1987 episode of The Cosby Show
APCosby Show Actress Clarice Taylor Dies
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