good story, come and get it". She married again in 1967 to Leslie Midgley, who survived her. Liza Snyder, from the CBS Television series Yes, Dear and Man with a Plan is her granddaughter. In 1990, Furness was treated for stomach cancer, and cut down her schedule on The Today Show to four days. NBC used this as an excuse to fire her two years later, along with a network decision to change their consumer reporting to a more tabloid-style format. Furness was not happy with her termination and cited it as an example of age discrimination. She expressed her desire to continue working, but a recurrence of stomach cancer prevented her from doing so. Furness expressed her philosophy of never declining a job, and she believed it was the reason that she progressed through such an unconventional series of professions. During her illness, she stated that she wanted nothing more than to be able to work, and mentioned in an interview that, as far as her cancer went, "the treatment is worse than the disease." Her health continued to deteriorate until her death from stomach cancer on April 2, 1994, at age 78 in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Partial filmography Renegades of the West (1932) Lucky Devils (1933) The Great Jasper (1933) Scarlet River (1933) Emergency Call (1933) Headline Shooter (1933) Midshipman Jack (1933) Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933) Ace of Aces (1933) (uncredited) Flying Down to Rio (1933) (uncredited) Beggars in Ermine (1934) Dangerous Corner (1934) A Wicked Woman (1934) Gridiron Flash (1934) The Band Plays On (1934) The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) Here Comes Cookie (1935) Shadow of Doubt (1935) McFadden's Flats (1935) Calm Yourself (1935) The Keeper of the Bees (1935) Magnificent Obsession (1935) The Three Wise Guys (1936) The President's Mystery (1936) All American Chump (1936) Mr. Cinderella (1936) Swing Time (1936) They Wanted to Marry (1937) Mama Steps Out (1937) The Good Old Soak (1937) It Can't Last Forever (1937) North of Shanghai (1939) Tomorrow Always Comes (1941) A Face in the Crowd (1957) (uncredited cameo as herself) References External links Photographs and literature American film actresses American television journalists Consumer rights activists New York (state) television reporters Television anchors from New York City Peabody Award winners NBC News people People from the Upper East Side Actresses from New York City 1916 births 1994 deaths 20th-century American actresses Brearley School