Karen Black 1939-2013 8 photos "It is with great sadness that I have to report that my wife and best friend, Karen Black has just passed away, only a few minutes ago," he wrote on Facebook.

Karen Black (see here with Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces, 1970) died aged 74 on August 9. She was one of the hardest-working actresses in Hollywood; though never a household name, she ...