Actress Michiyo Aratama dies at 71

Actress Michiyo Aratama dies at 71

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in 1985, shows veteran Japanese actress Michiyo Aratama, a popular figure in TV dramas and on stage, who died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital March 17. She was 71. Her family announced her death on March 22.

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