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From the Video Vault: RIP Miss Cleo

A melancholy goodbye to the namesake of my column.

I just read that famed television psychic Youree Harris, better known as Miss Cleo, has passed away at the age of 53.

Apparently, she had been suffering from ill health for a long time.

Miss Cleo has served as the inspiration for my self-appointed nickname, "The Miss Cleo of College Football," since I started writing a football prognostication column last fall.

Miss Cleo has been a source of entertainment for millions since she became a ubiquitous presence on late-night television in the late-1990s.

All of us at Down the Drive would like to offer our thoughts and prayers to Miss Cleo's family. I will do my best to keep honoring her memory with my column.

From the video vault, here are a few examples of her iconic television commercials: