Sunday, April 11, 2010

Dixie Carter dies - star of "Designing Women"

Dixie Carter, best known as the star of Designing Women and for an Emmy-nominated guest starring role on Desperate Housewives, died Saturday morning. She was just 70 years old.

Dixie Carter played an outspoken liberal Democrat named Julia Sugar-Baker and was one of four women and one man at an Atlanta-based interior design firm. Dixie Carter was married to the legendary actor Hal Holbrood (Wall Street) since 1984.

Here's the Associated Press video:



Hal Holbrood issued this statement according to Entertainment Tonight:

"This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."

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