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  "id": 15480780,
  "title": "Betty McGuire, ‘Growing Pains’ Actress, Dies at 100",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/betty-mcguire-growing-pains-actress-dies-at-100",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T19:38:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/people-news/betty-mcguire-dead-growing-pains-1236915890/"
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  "summary": "Betty McGuire, the actress best known for her role as grandmother Kate Malone on the ABC sitcom “Growing Pains, died Oct. 8 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills, Calif., of natural causes. She was 100. Keith Gerchak, McGuire’s POA, confirmed her death. McGuire had a seven-year run on “Growing […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Betty McGuire, Actress on Broadway and ‘Growing Pains,’ Dies at 100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/betty-mcguire-actress-on-broadway-and-growing-pains-dies-at-100",
        "published": "2026-10-18T17:20:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Betty McGuire, ‘Growing Pains’ And ‘Up In Smoke’ Actress, Dies At 100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/betty-mcguire-growing-pains-and-up-in-smoke-actress-dies-at-100",
        "published": "2026-10-18T19:25:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Betty McGuire Dies: Broadway Actress & ‘Growing Pains’ Guest Star Was 100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/betty-mcguire-dies-broadway-actress-growing-pains-guest-star-was-100",
        "published": "2026-10-18T20:48:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TVLine",
        "title": "Betty McGuire, Growing Pains Grandma, Dead At 100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/betty-mcguire-growing-pains-grandma-dead-at-100",
        "published": "2026-10-18T22:14:38.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}