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Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who walked away from a hugely successful acting career to spend nearly a quarter-century in the U.K. parliament, only to make a comeback on the stage, has died. She was 87.
“Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and politician, died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London this morning after a brief illness, with her family at her side,” her agent told the BBC. “She recently completed filming The Great Escaper in which she co-starred with Michael Caine.” A cause of death wasn’t immediately provided…