Angela Lansbury To Receive , Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. Angela Lansbury To Receive , Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. 'Entertainment Tonight' reports that the 96-year-old actress and Broadway veteran will receive the prestigious honor in June. The five-time Tony Award winner, who has hosted the show more than anyone else, also holds the most wins for best actress in a musical. The five-time Tony Award winner, who has hosted the show more than anyone else, also holds the most wins for best actress in a musical. Lansbury hit the Broadway stage in 1957's 'Hotel Paradiso.'. Less than 10 years later, she took home her first best actress in a musical Tony for her role in 1966's 'Mame.'. Three more victories followed with 1969's 'Dear World,' 1975's 'Gypsy' and 1979's 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.'. 2009 saw Lansbury take home her most recent Tony for best featured actress in a play for her part in 'Blithe Spirit.'. 2009 saw Lansbury take home her most recent Tony for best featured actress in a play for her part in 'Blithe Spirit.'. 'ET' reports Lansbury has also been nominated for 18 Emmys and was presented an honorary Oscar in 2014. This year's Tony Awards will air live on June 12 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and will also stream live on Paramount+. This year's Tony Awards will air live on June 12 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and will also stream live on Paramount+
Angela Lansbury, who enjoyed an eclectic, award-winning movie and stage career in addition to becoming America's favorite TV sleuth in "Murder, She Wrote," has died, according to a statement from her family provided to NBC, which was the network home of the long-running series. She was 96.
"The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday," her family said in a statement.
CNN has contacted representatives of Lansbury for comment.
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Photos: Remembering Angela Lansbury, 1925-2022
In this Dec. 5, 2014, photo, Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
Casey Curry
Actress Angela Lansbury, star of the CBS-TV series "Murder, She Wrote," cuts a huge cake Feb. 13, 1989, in celebration of the show's 100th episode. Hundreds of friends, associates and fellow stars crowded a Los Angeles ballroom for the gala celebration. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
Douglas C. Pizac
Angela Lansbury attends a photo call during the PBS Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 16, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Richard Shotwell
Actress Angela Lansbury holds her Golden Globe award for best actress of a dramatic TV series for her role in the mystery series "Murder, She Wrote" at the 42nd annual presentation of the awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 26, 1985. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)
Liu Heung Shing
In this Dec. 16, 2014, photo, Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait during press day for "Blithe Spirit" at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
Casey Curry
Actress Angela Lansbury poses June 1, 1989, outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre where she was rehearsing for the 43rd annual Tony Awards ceremony, which she hosted in New York City. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
MARTY LEDERHANDLER
Angela Lansbury in 1988. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Nick Ut
Broadway actress Angela Lansbury puts the knife to a cake at a birthday celebration in New York City, Oct. 16, 1966. (AP Photo)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ginger Rogers, left, star of the Broadway musical “Hello, Dolly,” crowns Angela Lansbury, who was starring in “Mame,” with the crown of Miss Ziegfeld 1967 on Dec. 2, 1966, at the 29th Ziegfeld charity ball. Rogers was the 1966 Miss Ziegfeld. The Ziegfeld club was originally founded as a charity organization of former Ziegfeld girls. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
Marty Lederhandler
Actresses Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters and Angela Lansbury pose with a dog up for adoption at Broadway Barks 11 in New York, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
Charles Sykes
Angela Lansbury relaxes in her hotel suite, Nov. 24, 1982, after rehearsals for the Broadway comedy “A Little Family Business.” (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
Ray Stubblebine
Angela Lansbury, right, star of "The King and I," greets Carol Channing, star of "Hello Dolly," in New York City on Monday, May 1, 1978. The two Broadway musical stars were attending a dinner in their honor held by composer Jerry Herman. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)
Ira Schwarz
Angela Lansbury gestures as she narrates a special concert version of “Anyone Can Whistle” in New York’s Carnegie Hall, Saturday, April 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Paul Hurschmann)
Paul Hurschmann
Christopher Reeve, star of the film version of "Superman," has a word with Angela Lansbury backstage at the Uris Theater in New York, Feb. 11, 1979. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett)
G. Paul Burnett
Angela Lansbury, Pierce Brosnan and Phylicia Ayers-Allen at the People's Choice Awards, March 14, 1985. (AP Photo)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Actress Angela Lansbury holds up the award she received at the Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 20, 1990. (AP Photo/Pizac)
Pizac
Actress Angela Lansbury in December 1993. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Wilfredo Lee
Actress Angela Lansbury displays the insignia of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire that she received from His Royal Highness the Prince Charles at the residence of the British Consul in Los Angeles, Oct. 31, 1994. (AP Photo/Lois Bernstein/Pool)
Lois Bernstein/Pool
Angela Lansbury at Golden Globe Awards, January 1994. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill)
Mark Terrill
Actress Angela Lansbury gestures as she is honored at the Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards on Ellis Island on April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Mel Evans
Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury and Steve Martin attend the 2013 Governors Awards on Nov. 16, 2013, in Los Angeles (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
John Shearer
In this March 23, 1996, photo, William Windom, left, shows a swagger stick to "Murder She Wrote" star Angela Lansbury, center, and former first lady Nancy Reagan prior to Lansbury being presented the Caritas Award by Reagan in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese)
Frank Wiese
Actress and honoree Angela Lansbury accepts her award at the 2013 Governors Awards on Nov. 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP)
Dan Steinberg
This Jan. 23, 2014, photo shows British actress Angela Lansbury on stage at the Gielgud Theatre in central London as she returned to the West End for the first time in nearly 40 years with the play "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
Joel Ryan
In this Dec. 16, 1982, photo, Angela Lansbury and John McMartin toast backstage at their opening performance of “A Little Family Business” at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Cabrera)
Cabrera
Angela Lansbury, left, and James Earl Jones speak at the Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Evan Agostini
Angela Lansbury participates in the Masterpiece "Little Women" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 16, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Richard Shotwell
Actress Angela Lansbury presents the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award medallion during a dress rehearsal for the 43rd Annual Tony Awards ceremony at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City, June 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Larry Zumwalt)
LARRY ZUMWALT
Angela Lansbury hosted the 42nd Annual Tony Awards in New York City on June 5, 1987. (AP Photo)
AP
Actress Angela Lansbury outside the Gershwin Theater in New York, Aug. 16, 1983. (AP Photo/Mark Elias)
Mark Elias
Stars join hands at a press conference in New York on May 6, 1986, to publicize the nationwide Hands Across America spectacle scheduled for May 25. From left, they are: Helen Hayes, Lily Tomlin, Ken Kragan, President of U.S.A. for Africa, which is sponsoring the event, Ben Vereen, Angela Lansbury and Glenn Close. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
Marty Lederhandler
Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta Jones appear at the curtain call for the Broadway opening performance of "A Little Night Music" in New York, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
Charles Sykes
Angela Lansbury poses for a portrait during press day for "The Blythe Spirit" at the Ahmanson Theatre on Dec. 5, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
Casey Curry
Angela Lansbury, left, James Earl Jones speak at the Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Evan Agostini
Angela Lansbury participates in the Masterpiece "Little Women" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Richard Shotwell
16th Annual Backstage at the Geffen on Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Geffen Playhouse/AP Images)
Jordan Strauss
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