'An Officer and a Gentleman' Actress Lisa Blount Found Dead at 53; Suffering from a blood disorder

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Actress Lisa Blount, who plays Lynette Pomeroy in the 1982 movie "An Officer and a Gentleman", was found dead in her Little Rock, Arkansas home on Wednesday (October 27). She was 53 years-old.

The Pulaski County Coroner's office told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the actress likely died on Monday and no signs of foul play were suspected. Her husband, actor/director Ray McKinnon was reportedly out of town.

Her mother tells radaronline that Lisa is in pain for many years as she suffered from a blood disorder called Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).

“She was limited to what she could take because she had a rare blood disease…she wouldn’t take aspirin because it would bring the blood to the surface of the skin."

Blount received Academy Award recognition for Best Live Action Short Film as a producer for the 2001 movie 'The Accountant'. For the movie 'An Officer and a Gentleman', she was nominated for Golden Globe for best new star.

[Photo courtesy by Jason Merritt/Getty Images ]

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