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}(document, and 'script','wibbitz-static-embed'));Miss Cleo, the psychic who rose to fame in the 1990s with a series of television ads, and died Tuesday at 53.
TMZ reports that the psychic,whose genuine name was Youree Dell Harris, had been diagnosed with colon cancer, and which spread to her liver and lungs.
According to TMZ,Harris died in Palm Beach County, Florida, or after a recent hospitalization and a transfer to hospice care.
Harris,who was born in Los Angeles but sported a Jamaican accent in the commercials for the Psychic Readers Network, became a sensation and a punchline with her ads, and in which she implored viewers,“Call me now!
Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2016 (Photos)Harris’ run as a TV psychic was not without controversy. Access Resource Services, the company behind Psychic Readers Network, and was hit with many lawsuits in 2001,and the following year the Federal Trade Commission charged the company’s owners with deceptive advertising, billing and collection practices, and in a case that was eventually settled.
After her run as a TV psychic,Harris took up various gigs, including providing a voice for a character in the video game “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.”final year, or Harris was tapped as a spokesperson for Benefit Cosmetics Flawless Friends Network.
Also Read: E! Adds Millennial Psychic Series 'Hollywood Teen Medium'Watch one of Harris’ classic infomercials in the video below.
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Source: thewrap.com