Miss Cleo, TV Psychic, Dies at 53 (Report)

Celebrity fortune teller had been diagnosed with colon cancer

Miss Cleo, the psychic who rose to fame in the 1990s with a series of television ads, died Tuesday at 53.

TMZ reports that the psychic, whose real name was Youree Dell Harris, had been diagnosed with colon cancer, which spread to her liver and lungs.

According to TMZ, Harris died in Palm Beach County, Florida, 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, in which she implored viewers, “Call me now!”

Harris’ run as a TV psychic was not without controversy.

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