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On 4 August 1955, Miranda suffered a heart attack during a segment of the live NBC television series, The Jimmy Durante Show.

After completing a dance number ( which was later aired on A & E Network's Biography episode about Miranda ), she fell to her knees, and Durante instinctively told the band to " stop da music !".

He helped Miranda up to her feet as she laughed, " I'm all out of breath !".

" Dat's OK, honey, I'll take yer lines ", Durante replied.

Miranda laughed again and quickly pulled herself together, finishing the show.

At the end of the broadcast, she smiled and waved, then exited the stage.

She died later that night after suffering a second heart attack at her home in Beverly Hills.