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‘Big Bang Theory’ actress Susi dies at 62

LOS ANGELES

The actress best known for voicing the unseen Mrs. Wolowitz on “The Big Bang Theory” has died.

Carol Ann Susi’s agent, Pam Ellis-Evenas, says the actress died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer. She was 62.

The veteran character actress has made numerous guest appearances on TV shows since the 1970s.

On the “The Big Bang Theory,” she wasn’t seen on camera as the mother of Simon Helberg’s character, Howard, but her character’s loud voice with a Brooklyn accent was instantly recognizable.

Houston hologram? Sister-in-law unsure

NEW YORK

Hoping for a Whitney Houston hologram? You’ll have to wait.

Pat Houston, the late singer’s sister-in-law and head of her estate, says she’s had offers to debut a Houston hologram, but she won’t sign on just yet.

“We did Madame Tussauds, the wax museum, with Whitney’s figures and that was a little scary to stand there and take photographs next to these figurines of Whitney. It’s kind of spooky,” Pat Houston said in a recent interview.

“I don’t know how I would feel about [a hologram] and certainly I’ve been approached to do a project of that magnitude, and I said, ‘No.’ But who knows what the future holds,” she added. “I mean, it’s just been only two and half years. Maybe down the road.”

Whitney Houston died in 2012 at age 48.

Fans will get to see some of Whitney Houston with Monday’s release of “Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances,” the pop singer’s first live album, released on DVD and CD.

Associated Press