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Jacqueline “Jackie” Burroughs (February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010) an English-born Canadian actress, died on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at her home in Toronto. She was suffering from stomach cancer.

She was born in Lancashire, England and acted in the theatre at Ontario’s Stratford Festival. She appeared in such films as The Dead Zone (1982), The Grey Fox (1982), while on television she had roles in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Road to Avonlea (1990). She won her first award in 1969 at the Canadian Film Award for best actress, for her performance in the short film Duclima.

She was probably known to Americans for her role as Hetty King, in the series Road to Avonlea (1990-1996). She also had an appearance in the movie The Sentinel, and in one episode of the series Smallville.

She was married to Zalman Yanovsky and got separated in 1968. The couple had a daughter, Zoe.

R.I.P.

“Don Corleone Do you spend time with your family Good. Because a man that doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man”

“Fabrizio In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns”

“Michael I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse”

“Tessio It’s a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes”

“Don Corleone Someday – and that day may never come – I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as gift on my daughter’s wedding day”

“Sonny Hey, whataya gonna do, nice college boy, eh Didn’t want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit Hah What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot ‘em a mile away You’ve gotta get up close like this and bada-bing. you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit”

“Don Corleone What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully If you’d come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you”

“Don Corleone I’m a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall Michael – if he is to be shot in the head by a police officer, or be found hung dead in a jail cell… or if he should be struck by a bolt of lightning – then I’m going to blame some of the people in this room and then I do not forgive. But with said, I pledge – on the souls of my grandchildren – that I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made today”

‘The Godfather’ Release Date: March 24, 1972