@_zolarmoon reacted to Harris’ relatively young age at her death.
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“Youree Del Cleomill Harris, more popularly known as Miss Cleo, died peacefully on July 26, 2016, after a valiant battle with cancer”, a statement read. Miss Cleo, whose real name was Youree Dell Harris, was 53 years old. She was moved to hospice care last week. “She got embarrassed. She had to go get something to drink”, Harris said.
But even after her television career as Miss Cleo ended, Harris said she would still be treated affectionately by fans.
Her catchphrase “Call me now!” cemented Cleo as a cult icon.
She spent the end of her life working as a spiritual adviser, and she is survived by her two children as well as an unknown number of grandchildren. For Slate, Dahlia Lithwick wrote about being scammed by the Miss Cleo empire, and was astonished that people weren’t complaining Miss Cleo wasn’t actually a psychic.
HipHopDX sends its condolences to Miss Cleo’s family and friends.
Anyone who watched TV in the ’90s knows her voice: “Call me now!”.
Some of her South Florida followers said she lived in Miami Beach and later in Southwest Ranches. Miss Cleo provided that.
In 2002 the companies agreed to pay a $5 million fine and forgive $500 million in customer charges to settle the matter. “He was 16. When he made the decision I told him I’d be there to support him 100%, and he embraced [coming out] wholeheartedly”, she told The Advocate. “I’m a mom, gay or straight, and for a mom, it’s all about protecting her cubs”.
Most recently, Harris hosted an internet radio show in Florida, and in 2002 she voiced a character in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. She was also married to a man when she was 19.
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She debuted the Miss Cleo character during a play she wrote and starred in when in Seattle in 1996.
