The Washington Post, February 5th, 1996
Audrey Meadows, who was recognized as one of television's foremost comedians for her role as Jackie Gleason's long-suffering wife in the classic 1950s series "The Honeymooners," died of lung cancer Feb. 3 at a hospital in Los Angeles. Ron Wise, a spokesman for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Miss Meadows was admitted Jan 24, said some references listed her age as 71 while family members put it at 69. As Alice Kramden, the often acerbic but still loving spouse of Ralph Kramden, Gleason's blundering, blustering Brooklyn bus driver, Miss Meadows was one of the stars of a black-and-white sitcom...
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