DESPERATE Housewives and Younger Sheldon star Valerie Mahaffey has died aged 71, her publicist has confirmed.

The Emmy-winning actress had been identified with most cancers and died in Los Angeles on Friday, Jillian Roscoe stated.

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“I’ve misplaced the love of my life, and America has misplaced certainly one of its most adorable actresses,” her husband Joseph Kell advised Selection whereas paying tribute to his beloved spouse.

“She might be missed.”

The award-winning actress is survived by Kell and their daughter Alice.

Valerie was recognized for taking part in quirky and eccentric characters which had been beloved by her followers.

Her most notable tv roles embody Eve in Northern Publicity, Alma Hodge in Determined Housewives, and a pissed off trainer in Younger Sheldon.

She additionally featured alongside stars like Michelle Pfeiffer and Tom Hanks in films together with French Exit and Sully.

Most just lately she has starred within the Apple TV+ collection Echo 3 which aired in 2022 and the film The eighth Day which got here out earlier this 12 months.

Valerie, who was born in Indonesia in 1953 to her Canadian mom and Texan father began her appearing profession on Broadway within the Nineteen Seventies.

However her first tv position was within the NBC daytime cleaning soap The Medical doctors in 1979 – a 12 months later she was nominated for an Emmy for Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Collection.

Nonetheless, it was not till 1992 that she took dwelling an Emmy in the identical class for her half as Eve, the acute hypochondriac in CBS’ Northern Publicity.

In addition to recurrently starring as a solid member in a variety of tv collection and flicks, Valerie has additionally made visitor appearences on quite a few exhibits together with Regulation & Order SVU, CSI, and Frasier.

Tributes have flooded in on-line with many calling her an “underrated” actress.

“Oh man, Valerie Mahaffey was at all times some of the underrated and implausible character actresses round,” one fan wrote on X.

“She was in EVERYTHING! And nobody did comfortable spoken, passive aggressive viciousness higher!

“So Unhappy to listen to she’s handed and solely 71. RIP.”

“She is going to at all times be Eve to me. Hilarious,” one other wrote.

“Very unhappy to listen to in regards to the passing of Valerie Mahaffey, an excellent comic and a gem of a human being,” a 3rd added.

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