SHE’S GONE TO THE THEATRE IN THE SKY

With a heart even bigger than her legendary talent, Angela will be remembered as one of the last Golden Age of Hollywood stars

Angela Lansbury credited wine and "a lot of A vitamins" for helping her live a long life into her 90s. But just five days shy of her 97th birthday, the Hollywood icon died peacefully in her sleep at her Los Angeles home on October 11.

The Tony winner was beloved on both stage and screen over her 75-year-career in the spotlight, starring in such film classics as Bedknobs And Broomsticks and Beauty And The Beast.

But she'll be remembered best as TV super sleuth Jessica Fletcher on Murder She Wrote.

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"I'm very grateful for it," the actress once remarked of the hit series, which aired from 1984 to 1996 and made her a household name.

When she wasn't solving crimes in cosy Cabot Cove, off-screen Angela was a devoted mother to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David Shaw, who she shared with her late second husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw.