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==Health and death== According to Frank Basile, Holm had been treated for memory loss since 2002, suffered skin cancer, bleeding ulcers and a collapsed lung, and had hip replacements and pacemakers.<ref name=holmandbasile/> In June 2012, Holm was admitted to New York's [[Roosevelt Hospital]] with dehydration, where she suffered a heart attack on July 13, 2012; she died two days later at her [[Central Park West]] apartment, aged 95.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |first=Anita |last=Gates |title=Celeste Holm, Witty Character Actress, Is Dead at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/theater/celeste-holm-witty-character-actress-dies-at-95.html |quote=Celeste Holm, the New York-born actress who made an indelible Broadway impression as an amorous country girl in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!", earned an Academy Award as the knowing voice of tolerance in "Gentleman's Agreement" and went on to a six-decade screen and stage career, frequently cast as the wistful or brittle sophisticate, died early Sunday at her apartment in Manhattan. She was 95. Her death was announced by Amy Phillips, a great-niece. Ms. Holm had a heart attack at Roosevelt Hospital in New York last week while being treated there for dehydration, but she was taken home on Friday. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 15, 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=today>{{cite news |url=http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/15/12752807-oscar-winning-actress-celeste-holm-dies-at-95?lite |title=Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm dies at 95 |date=July 15, 2012 |series=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |work=[[NBC]] |last=Kennedy |first=Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717053656/http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/15/12752807-oscar-winning-actress-celeste-holm-dies-at-95?lite |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=OP>{{cite news |url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/fire-at-de-niro-s-new-york-apartment-no-injuries/article_25f2c2e7-bdbd-551a-87e4-d56a7ed9e0c6.html |newspaper=[[The Oakland Press]] |title=Fire At Robert De Niro's NYC Apartment; No Injuries |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727183300/https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/fire-at-de-niro-s-new-york-apartment-no-injuries/article_25f2c2e7-bdbd-551a-87e4-d56a7ed9e0c6.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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