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Hubbard woman on ‘Dr. Oz’

A Hubbard woman who suffered a heart attack last year at age 32 will appear on the “Dr. Oz” show today.

Kendel Jamieson Cristoff will be on the episode, which focuses on the rising rate of heart attacks in women under age 55. The episode will look into why they’re at risk and the warning signs that can save lives. “Dr. Oz” airs at 4 p.m. on WKBN-TV.

Showtime ending ‘Nurse Jackie’

NEW YORK

“Nurse Jackie” soon will be making her rounds one last time.

Showtime announced Wednesday that the comedy starring Edie Falco will end its run after an upcoming seventh season. The show wrapped up its sixth season in June and has just begun production on the final season.

Falco won an Emmy for her role as a drug-addicted medical professional. The series premiered in 2009.

Richard Kiel, Jaws actor from Bond films, dies at 74

FRESNO, Calif.

Richard Kiel, the towering actor best known for portraying steel-toothed villain Jaws in a pair of James Bond films, has died. He was 74.

Kelley Sanchez, director of communications at St. Agnes Medical Center, confirmed Wednesday that Kiel was a patient at the hospital and died. She declined to provide further details.

The 7-foot-2-inch performer famously played the cable-chomping henchman who tussled with Roger Moore’s Bond in “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker.” His massive height was attributed to a hormonal condition called acromegaly.

Staff/wire reports