'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Doris Roberts passes away

Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts has died.

The actress, best known for playing mother and grandma Marie Barone in the hit TV show, was 90 years old.

She starred in the show for nine years from 1996 to 2005.

The American actress also performed on Broadway and appeared in a host of other films such as 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'.

Roberts was married twice, the first time to Michael Emilio Cannata from 1956 until their divorce in 1962 and the second time to novelist and playwright William Goyen, to whom she was married from 1963 until his death in 1983.

She is survived by her son Michael, from her first marriage, who was also her manager; and three grandchildren.