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'Designing Women' star Dixie Carter dies in Houston from complications of endometrial cancer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dixie Carter , who was already a Broadway and television veteran when she found perhaps her perfect part as the wiser and wittier half of a pair of Southern sisters who ran an Atlanta interior decorating firm in "Designing Women," has died, her publicist said Sunday.Carter died Saturday in Houston of complications of endometrial cancer, Steve Rohr told The Associated Press. She was 70.The Tennessee native used her unmistakable Southern accent and style on series like " Diff'rent Strokes " and "Filthy Rich" before landing the role of Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women," the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986-1993 and had an endless life in reruns.She was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for a celebrated seven-episode guest stint on the ABC hit "Desperate Housewives.""This has been a terrible blow to our family," Carter's husband and fellow actor Hal Holbrook said in a written statement. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."Carte...

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