the same Methodist church in Los Angeles. By 2000 Van had developed Parkinson's disease and was home-bound. Van died in her Los Angeles home on May 16, 2002 at age seventy-four. External links 1928 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American actresses People from Moline, Illinois Actresses from Los Angeles Actresses from Illinois American stage actresses American television actresses American film actresses Illinois Republicans California Republicans 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters American television writers 20th-century American memoirists American people of German descent American women comedians Deaths from Parkinson's disease Neurological disease deaths in California American women memoirists American women painters 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists American United Methodists Screenwriters from Illinois Screenwriters from California Comedians from California Comedians from Illinois 20th-century American comedians 21st-century American comedians American women television writers 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century Methodists