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Show Business Icon Rose Marie Dies At 94

Rose Marie may be best remembered for playing writer Sally Rogers on the 1960s sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show. A documentary about her life, Wait For Your Laugh, was released last month.
Actors Rose Marie and Dick Van Dyke, who starred in the 1960s television comedy series <em>The Dick Van Dyke Show</em>, pose as they arrive at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles in 2006.

Rose Marie, as she was known, had quite a career as an entertainer — it spanned nine decades. On Thursday she died in Van Nuys, Calif. She was 94.

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