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Hall passed away on December 17 in Los Angeles, reports the Springfield News-Sun.
She called her role as Sesame Street's Olivia "the best job I ever had".
Hall appeared on the long-running PBS children's educational programme from 1976 to the mid-1980s.
She also co-starred in the 1980s sitcom 227 and appeared in films including Death Becomes Her and Cruel Intentions.
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