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Legendary actress and Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland has been hospitalized in Southern California ... TMZ has learned.

Kirkland's rep, Michael Greene tells us ... she is in hospice at a hospital in Palm Springs after having dementia the last year. Her dear friend and former student Cody Galloway is by her side.

Greene is on a plane from JFK to be with her.

Kirkland had been struggling with "life-threatening infections" according to a GoFundMe started by friends. The page was meant to raise funds for her "urgent medical care" needs. Play video content

APRIL 2019

The GoFundMe page shared, "She had a fall in the shower, when she was left unattended; injuring her ribs, foot, along with cuts and bruises."

Kirkland, 84, was nominated for an Academy Award and won a G

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