Obituary: Sister Wendy Beckett, nun who became a BBC Star, dies at 88
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Sister Wendy Beckett, a Roman Catholic nun who interrupted a cloistered life of prayer in England in 1991 and soared to international stardom with lyrical BBC documentaries that made her one of the most improbable art critics in television history, died Wednesday in the village of East Harling, England. She was 88.