Loni Anderson dead at 79 after long illness

Loni Anderson, who portrayed the receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati”, died. She was 79 years old.

Anderson died in a Los Angeles hospital following an “prolonged disease,” said his longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, in a statement to the Associated Press.

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Loni Anderson died. She was 79 years old. (CBS via Getty Images / JC olivera)

“We have a broken heart to announce the death of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” Anderson’s family said in a statement.

Anderson is survived by her husband Bob Flick, her daughter Deidra and his son Charlie Hoffman, her son Quinton Anderson Reynolds, the grandchildren McKenzie and Megan Hoffman, the stepson Adam Flick and his wife Helene, the Beaux-Petits Felix and Maxilian.

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