Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) investigates a 140-year-old murder that was allegedly committed by a slave owned by Jessica's ancestor. Cassandra: Phylicia Rashad. Thornton: David Ogden Stiers.

Dame Angela Lansbury, who won international acclaim as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96. The three-time Oscar nominee had a career spanning eight decades ...