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July 17, 2026 / 10:20 AM EDT / CBS News
Brenda Fricker, the Irish actor who won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer," has died, her agent confirmed to CBS News on Friday. She was 81.
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