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| Loni Anderson dead at age 79: WKRP in Cincinnati starlet and Burt Reynolds' ex-wife passes after health battle |
| 2025-08-04 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] WKRP in Cincinnati Loni Anderson died Sunday at the age of 79, her rep said. Anderson, who played a struggling radio station´s empowered receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the hit CBS comedy, died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson, who was married to late Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds from 1988 thru 1994, died at a Los Angeles hospital following a 'prolonged' illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan. 'We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,' Anderson´s family said in a statement. WKRP in Cincinnati aired from 1978-1982 and was set in a flagging Ohio radio station trying to reinvent itself with rock music. She married four times, most recently to Bob Flick in 2008. Anderson was born August 5, 1945, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her father was an environmental chemist, and her mother was a model. Her first role as an actress was a small part in the 1966 film Nevada Smith, starring Steve McQueen. Most of her career was spent on the small screen with early guest parts in the 1970s on S.W.A.T. and Police Woman. After WKRP, Anderson starred in the short-lived comedy series Easy Street and appeared in made-for-TV movies including A Letter to Three Wives and White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd. Loni went to Ramsey, our rival high school. She wasn't blond then, nor had boobies. Her claim to fame might be trying to bleed Burt Reynolds dry. Also from Ramsey was Richard Dean Anderson, who graduated 4 years later. He was one hell of a hard hockey player! |
| Posted by:Woodrow |