'Who's the Boss?' Star Katherine Helmond Dead at 89

Katherine Helmond, the Tony-winning actress who played the ditzy Tate matriarch on the groundbreaking 1970s comedy "Soap" and starred on "Who's the Boss?" among many other roles, died February 23 of Alzheimer's complications at her home in Los Angeles. She was 89.
 

Soap was an incredible show. In its day, it really pushed the envelope. She was wonderful, as were all the actors in that show.

The show hit so many buttons, I thought the censors' heads would explode. But it provided a needed parody to help explain the times.

Jessica Tate was a big part of that.
 

In any case Alzheimer's is a terrible thing to see and I suspect she's in a better place now. 

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