Miss Cleo died at the age of 53. She passed away in South Florida due to complications with cancer.
Youree Dell Harris, better known as Miss Cleo, was an American woman who describes herself as a psychic and shaman, and who achieved fame as a spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call service from 1997 to 2003. She died on July 26, 2016. Harris has used various aliases, including LaShawnda Williams, Corvette Mama, Elenore St. Julian, Desiree Canterlaw, Janet Snyder, Maria Delcampo, Christina Garcia, Cleomili Harris and Youree Perris.
According to TMZ:
“We’re told Cleo was originally diagnosed with colon cancer … but it spread to her liver and lungs.
The rep said Cleo remained a “pillar of strength” during her illness … and died surrounded by family and friends.”
Miss Cleo, who was born in Los Angeles, Cleo’s Jamaican character and her psychic commercials became a cult classic in the late ’90s, thanks to her now-famous catchphrase: “CALL ME NOW!”
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Who Is Miss Cleo?
Youree Dell Harris, born August 12, 1962, was an African American woman who described herself as a psychic. She achieved fame as a spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call service from 1997 to 2003.
How Did Miss Cleo die?
Miss Cleo died due to complications from cancer. Cleo was originally diagnosed with colon cancer, but it spread to her liver and lungs. She was recently hospitalized, but was discharged last week to a hospice center.
What Did Miss Cleo Do?
Miss Cleo described herself as a psychic and shaman.In the late 1990s, Harris began to work for the Psychic Readers Network under the name Cleo. She appeared as a television infomercial psychic in which she claimed she was from Jamaica.
In 2002, the Federal Trade Commission charged the the Psychic Readers Network owners and Cleo’s promoters, Steven Feder and Peter Stotz, with deceptive advertising, billing and collection practices; Harris was not indicted. Her promoters agreed to settle for a fraction of the amount they took in. It emerged that Harris was actually born in Los Angeles, and that her parents were U.S. citizens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxopPDMq7rs
