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==Illness and death== In November 2010, Black was diagnosed with [[Periampullary cancer|ampullary cancer]]. She had a portion of her [[pancreas]] removed and underwent two further operations.<ref name=hr>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/karen-black-five-easy-pieces-nashville-dies-431637|title='Five Easy Pieces' Actress Karen Black Dies at 74|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=August 8, 2013|access-date=August 10, 2013}}</ref> She was invited to attend the premiere of the salvaged feature film ''[[Dark Blood]]'', in which she had played a small part in the original early 1990s shoot. Black was unable to attend the event, held in the Netherlands in September 2012, due to her illness.<ref name="guardian"/> On August 8, 2013, Black died at [[West Hills Hospital]] in Los Angeles,<ref name=la/> from the ampullary cancer, aged 74.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-actress-karen-black-dead-at-74--20130808,0,1998067.story |title=Actress Karen Black dies |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 9, 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130808220650/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-actress-karen-black-dead-at-74--20130808,0,1998067.story |archive-date=August 8, 2013 }}</ref> Black's funeral was held on August 19 in [[Oceanside, California]], followed by a Hollywood memorial on September 17.<ref name="vimeo"/>{{sfn|Bay|2022|p=283}} Actress [[Juliette Lewis]] paid tribute, saying "Karen Black was my mentor and a second mother to me. She inspired everyone she came in contact with."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23627843 |title=Karen Black, Easy Rider actress dies aged 74 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=August 9, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2013}}</ref> Peter Fonda, her co-star in ''Easy Rider'', commented upon her death: "[Karen] managed to play kooky, she managed to play sexy, she managed to play crazed. She managed to play all the different ways of human nature."<ref name=npr/> Black is interred at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/432406/Karen-Black-completed-memoirs-on-eve-of-her-death|title=Karen Black completed memoirs on eve of her death|date=September 26, 2013|work=Express}}</ref>
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