Many of you probably remember the classic Miss Cleo advertisements that inundated your TV during the ’90s. Perhaps the biggest TV psychic in the game (at least at the time), she became a commercial, cultural icon with her Jamaican accent and contagious laugh.
Miss Cleo (real name: Youree Harris) died Tuesday morning at age 53 in Palm Beach County, Fla. after a battle with cancer.
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Harris was initially diagnosed with colon cancer but it spread to her lungs and liver, and she was recently moved to hospice care.
A rep for the TV psychic said that she was a “pillar of strength” as she battled cancer.
Here’s an example of her commercials, this one from 1998:
Harris is best-known for the catchphrases at the end of her ads, “Call me now!” and “You can’t fool Miss Cleo!”
Fans of the late psychic posted their lament on Twitter, though some of their real-life experiences weren’t exactly positive.
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No information has been released about a funeral or memorial arrangements.
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