Maila Nurmi, TV's Vampira, dies at 85

Nurmi died Thursday afternoon at her Hollywood home, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said. The cause of death has not been determined, Corral said. Nurmi created her Vampira character — reminiscent of Charles Addams' spooky New Yorker cartoons — to host horror movie broadcasts on KABC TV in Los Angeles in 1954.

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"Vampira: The Black Madonna of Hollywood."
We loved you, Maila...rest in peace!
Mark Harvey
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