{"id":17569,"date":"2026-07-17T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=17569"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:39:34","slug":"brenda-fricker-oscar-winner-known-for-roles-in-my-left-foot-and-home-alone-2-dies-at-age-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=17569","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner known for roles in &#8220;My Left Foot&#8221; and &#8220;Home Alone 2,&#8221; dies at age 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Brenda Fricker, the Irish actor who won an Academy Award for 1989&#8217;s &#8220;My Left Foot,&#8221; played the Pigeon Lady in &#8220;Home Alone 2&#8221; and appeared in &#8220;A Time to Kill&#8221; and &#8220;So I Married an Axe Murderer,&#8221; has died, her agent confirmed to CBS News on Friday. She was 81.<\/p>\n<p>Fricker died Thursday night in Dublin after &#8220;a period of ill health,&#8221; her agent, Phil Belfield, said in a statement to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her,&#8221; Belfield said. &#8220;I was honoured to know, love and work with her and she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. 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