Lynn Redgrave died yesterday, May 2nd. her death was announced this afternoon, Monday,  by her publicist, on behalf of her children. He told The Associated Press that Ms.Redgrave died peacefully Sunday night at her Connecticut  home surrounded by children. She died after a seven-year fight with breast cancer. She was just 67.

Lynn Redgrave is being remembered today  for the 1966 movie "Georgy Girl, " for which she  won a New York Film Critics Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and for a Golden Globe Award, and she is being remembered for the 1998 movie, "Gods and Monsters," for which she received a second Academy Award nomination. She had a successful and long career on the British and the American stage, and was the star of the American TV sitcom, "House Calls," in the early 80s, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe.

Ms. Redgrave was a member of one of Britain's most celebrated theatrical families, which included her late father, Sir Michael Redgrave; her surviving sister, Vanessa Redgrave; her late brother, Corin Redgrave. Her death comes a year after her niece Natasha Richardson died from head injuries sustained in a skiing accident, and just a month after the death of her older brother, Corin Redgrave.

Lynn Redgrave, 1943-2010, R.I. P.