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Hollywood icon Doris Day dead at 97

US actress Doris Day, a major film star known for her wholesome girl-next-door appeal, has died at the age of 97. [AFP]

Doris Day, the US screen icon famed for her wholesome, girl-next-door appeal in a string of box office hits, died Monday at age 97, her foundation said in a statement to US media.

The Doris Day Animal Foundation said the actress and animal rights activist, who had suffered a bout of pneumonia, died at her Carmel Valley, California home, surrounded by friends and family, multiple news outlets reported.

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