If you’ve been following her career for the past 80 years, you may be wondering how Angela Lansbury died and what her cause of death was when she passed.
Lansbury—whose full name Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury—died on October 11, 2022. She was 96 years old. She was born on October 16, 1925 in London.
She made her Hollywood debut in 1944 in the movie Gaslight, which earned her her first Oscar nomination at the 17th Academy Awards. Lansbury earned her second Oscar nomination a year later in The Picture of Dorian Gray, which she won a Golden Globe Award for in the Best Supporting Actress category. In 1966, Lansbury won her first Tony Award for her lead role in the Broadway musical Mame. Lansbury—who voiced roles in animated movies like 1991’s Beauty and the Beast and 1997’s Anastasia—also made a name for herself in television after she starred in the lead role of Jessica Fletcher in CBS’ Murder, She Wrote, which ran for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1995. She also executive produced the series.
Throughout her career, Lansbury received an Honorary Academy Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BAFTA, a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, five Tonys, six Golden Globes and an Olivier Award. She was also nominated for 18 Emmys and a Grammy. In 2014, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2014. So how did Angela Lansbury die and what was her cause of death when she passed? Read on for what we know about how Angela Lansbury died and where she was when she passed.
How did Angela Lansbury die? Lansbury died at 1:30 a.m. on October 11, 2022, while asleep in her home in Los Angeles, California, her family confirmed in a statement to People. Her death came five days before her 97th birthday on October 16, 2022. “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m. today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,” the statement read.
Lansbury is survived by her three children: stepson David Shaw; son Anthony Shaw; and daughter Deirdre Shaw. Lansbury shared her children with her second husband, Peter Shaw, whom she was married to from 1949 until his death on January 29, 2003 of a heart attack. He was 84 years old. “In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury,” the statement continued. “She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined.”
