Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist Jennifer on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died. It was just days before her 80th birthday. Her longtime publicist says Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness.
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Here's what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and moreAMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroupsResearchers forecast what Trump’s bill will mean for patients: Debt and delayed carePhotos show a Filipino couple walking down a flooded aisle on their wedding day‘Just a jumble of bones.’ How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt IrelandMúsico tunecino es detenido en Los Ángeles tras vivir una década en EEUUChocan protestas rivales sobre migrantes y racismo frente a hotel que alberga migrantes en Londres | Loni Anderson arrives at the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Burt Reynolds, right, holds hands with Loni Anderson at a luncheon, March 27, 1987, in Los Angeles. Actress Loni Anderson arrives at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Saturday, April 14, 2007. Loni Anderson arrives at the 22nd Annual Race To Erase MS Event held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Friday, April 24, 2015, in Los Angeles. Loni Anderson attends the 26th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala at the Beverly Hilton, Friday, May 10, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Loni Anderson arrives at the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Loni Anderson arrives at the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Burt Reynolds, right, holds hands with Loni Anderson at a luncheon, March 27, 1987, in Los Angeles. Burt Reynolds, right, holds hands with Loni Anderson at a luncheon, March 27, 1987, in Los Angeles. Actress Loni Anderson arrives at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Saturday, April 14, 2007. Actress Loni Anderson arrives at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Saturday, April 14, 2007. Loni Anderson arrives at the 22nd Annual Race To Erase MS Event held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Friday, April 24, 2015, in Los Angeles. Loni Anderson arrives at the 22nd Annual Race To Erase MS Event held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Friday, April 24, 2015, in Los Angeles. Loni Anderson attends the 26th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala at the Beverly Hilton, Friday, May 10, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Loni Anderson attends the 26th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala at the Beverly Hilton, Friday, May 10, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. LOS ANGELES — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson 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 to 1982 and was set in a flagging Ohio radio station trying to reinvent itself with rock music. The cast included Gary Sandy, Tim Reid, Howard Hesseman, Frank Bonner and Jan Smithers, alongside Anderson as Jennifer Marlowe, whose good looks were matched by her intelligence. As the station’s receptionist, the blonde and high-heeled Jennifer routinely deflected unwanted business calls for her boss, Mr. Carlson. Her efficiency often kept the station running in the face of others’ incompetence.Anderson starred on the big screen alongside Burt Reynolds in the 1983 comedy “Stroker Ace,” and the two later married and became tabloid fixtures before their messy breakup in 1994.Their son, Quinton Reynolds, was “the best decision that we ever made in our entire relationship,” she said during the unveiling of a bronze bust at Reynolds’ Hollywood grave site in 2021. “I think back to the beginning of our relationship, it was so, oh, gosh, tabloidy. We were just a spectacle all the time. And it was hard to have a relationship in that atmosphere. And somehow, we did it through many ups and downs,” Anderson detailed their tumultuous marriage in the 1995 autobiography, “My Life in High Heels,” which she said was about “the growth of a woman, a woman who survives.” “I think if you’re going to write about yourself, you have to do it warts and all,” Anderson told the AP while promoting the book. “You may not even tell the nicest things about yourself, because you’re telling the truth.”Anderson was born Aug. 5, 1945, in St. 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.” In 2023 she co-starred in Lifetime’s “Ladies Of The 80s: A Divas Christmas” with Linda Gray, Donna Mills, Morgan Fairchild and Nicollette Sheridan.Anderson is survived by Flick, her daughter Deidra and son-in law Charlie Hoffman, son Quinton Anderson Reynolds, grandchildren McKenzie and Megan Hoffman, stepson Adam Flick and wife Helene, and step-grandchildren Felix and Maximilian.Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo
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