Actress Roni Anderson, best known for her role in the TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” in the 1970s and ’80s, passed away at the age of 79.
Anderson, who played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in a CBS comedy about staff at Ohio AM radio stations, passed away on noon Sunday in Los Angeles following “a sudden, long-term illness.”
She was surrounded by her family. In a statement he wrote:
Anderson won two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance as Marlowe during her four-year run of “WKRP.”
She was the ex-wife of movie star Burt Reynolds.
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