Actress Mitsuko Mori dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2009 shows Japanese veteran actress Mitsuko Mori (L) receiving the People's Honor Award from Prime Minister Taro Aso at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Mori died of heart failure at age 92 on Nov. 10, 2012, at a Tokyo hospital. Mori is known for playing the lead role in the long-running play "Horoki" and was also awarded the Order of Culture.

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