Pain in Hollywood: Loni Anderson died, recognized actress for being part of the “WKRP in Cincinnati” series

Loni Andersonthe star twice nominated for Emmy by the series WKRP in Cincinnatihe died Sunday in Los Angeles surrounded by his family, he was 79 years old.

His cause of death was “An acute and prolonged disease”He told the Deadline portal his lifelong publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan.

“We break our hearts to announce the death of our beloved wife, mother and grandmother,” Anderson’s family said in a statement.

Anderson is better known for his role as the ingenious receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the CBS comedy about the personal eccentric of a rock radio station of the Top 40 Rock in Ohio, which was in trouble. Created by Hugh Wilsonthis comedy was issued from 1978 to 1982, and the talented employee performed by Anderson appeared in all the episodes of the series except one. His vivacious character consolidated her as a true television sexual symbol and subvert the stereotypes of the “silly blonde”, since Jennifer remained spocked among a team of often incompetent companions, refusing to perform the typical tasks of a receptionist, such as bringing coffee or dictation.

For your work, Anderson obtained two Emmy nominations in 1980 and 1981 as a cast actress In a series of comedy, varieties or musical, as well as three golden balloons.

Born like Loni Kaye Anderson On August 5, 1945 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the actress began her beauty queen, following her mother’s footsteps, also a model.

Out of WKRP, Anderson played Jayne Mansfield In a 1980 television film, with the then unknown Arnold Schwarzenegger. He played another real film actress on the 1991 TVilme, White Hot: the mysterious murder of Thelma Todd. Your other television credits include Swat, the incredible Hulk, the cruise of love, policewoman, Barnaby Jones, the Bob Newhart show and three are crowdand laterThe New WKRP in Cincinnati, Vacuum nest, Sabrina, the teenage witch and Clueless.

Loni Anderson’s relationship and Burt Reynolds

Anderson is also known for its ratio of 12 years and their marriage of six with Burt Reynoldswhich captivated Hollywood in the late 80s, both in its peak and during its posterior and tumultuous dissolution. Both worked together in the action comedy Stroker Ace 1983 and began to leave shortly after, marrying in 1988. His bitter divorce occurred in the midst of Reynolds’s problems with substance abuse, which resulted in a prolonged public battle in which the actor of Boogie Nights He attacked Anderson in the press.

However, Anderson and Reynolds remained in contact over the years, meeting with their son until the death of the actor in 2018. Both spoke at their funeral.

In 1995, he wrote his autobiography, sales success of the New York Times, “My life in high heels”who, according to her, tried “the growth of a woman, a woman who survives. It is about my childhood, the death of my parents, my career, my divorces and my children. And, of course, the trauma of my marriage to Burt”, according to Associated Press.

His last credit was Ladies of the 80’s: A Divas Christmas (2023) of Lifetime with Linda Gray, Donna Mills, Morgan Fairchild and Nicollette Sheridanplaying glamorous stars whose rivalries resurface when they meet to film the final Christmas episode of their long -term soap opera.