Many of us grew up watching the character of Birdie Googins tell us in her charming way why "We should have bought it when we saw it at Marden's!"

"Accidentally Maine's Only Supermodel," as she would often proclaim, the woman who brought this character to life, actress/comedienne/writer Karmo Sanders (aka Martha Lello), has passed away at the age of 74.

According to her obituary , she died peacefully this past Saturday, at her home in Scarborough.

Originally from Norway, Maine, Sanders (as she went by later in life) spent most of her life, from a very young age, on stage.

She majored in Drama at Phillips University in Oklahoma, where she met Jerry Sanders, the man who would eventually become her husband. She received her Masters in Creative Writing from Boston University and even t

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