RIP Loni Anderson

[Meats Lab]

Loni Anderson, 'WKRP's' Not-So-Dumb Blonde, Dies at 79

Loni Anderson, the platinum bombshell whose performance on "WKRP in Cincinnati" turned the stereotype of the dumb blonde on its head in the '70s and '80s, died Sunday in L.A.

extratv.com

 

[BobPSU92]

Loni Anderson, 'WKRP in Cincinnati' star, dead at 79

Loni Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged" illness, her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, said in a statement to The Associated Press.

www.foxnews.com

 

[rudedude]

 

[Midnighter]

Goddammit. Loved her. To be a young boy growing up in the 80’s and seeing Anderson, Newton-John, Fawcett, Derek….

 

[bbrown]

Loni Anderson, 'WKRP's' Not-So-Dumb Blonde, Dies at 79

Loni Anderson, the platinum bombshell whose performance on "WKRP in Cincinnati" turned the stereotype of the dumb blonde on its head in the '70s and '80s, died Sunday in L.A.

extratv.com

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My bad for not putting WKRP on the list of best TV programs.

 

[IrishHerb]

Goddammit. Loved her. To be a young boy growing up in the 80’s and seeing Anderson, Newton-John, Fawcett, Derek….

Agreed. And the beauties back then were w/o tats and extreme piercings. Miss those.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

Loni Anderson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

An interesting bio, including...

* her father was going to name her Leilani, but realized that when she got to her teen years, it was likely to be twisted (into "Lay" Lani) so it was changed to simply Loni

* She auditioned for the role of Chrissy on the sitcom Three's Company. She did not win the role, but in 1978 guest-starred as Susan Walters on a season two episode,[4] an appearance that brought her to the attention of the ABC network.

* Anderson was married four times. Her first three husbands were real estate developer Bruce Hasselberg (1964–1966), actor Ross Bickell (1974–1981), and actor Burt Reynolds (1988–1994).[6] On May 17, 2008, she married musician Bob Flick, one of the founding members of the folk band The Brothers Four.[7][8] They originally met at a movie premiere in Minneapolis in 1963.[9]

Anderson had two children: a daughter, Deidra[10] (fathered by Hasselberg),[11][12] and a son, Quinton, adopted with Reynolds.[13][14][15] She also has a sister, Andrea.[10] Anderson's autobiography My Life in High Heels was published in 1995.[3]

Growing up with parents who both smoked, Anderson witnessed the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a lung disease often caused by smoking. In 1999, she became a spokesperson for a COPD support organization named COPD Together.[16]

 

[MtNittany]

I appreciated her, but she's never gonna get a lot of love in Jupiter after the divorce she put Burt Reynolds through.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

I appreciated her, but she's never gonna get a lot of love in Jupiter after the divorce she put Burt Reynolds through.

That was ugly

Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson: The ugly divorce that just wouldn't end

Burt Reynolds married his girlfriend of about six years, the actress Loni Anderson, in a quiet, 20-minute ceremony that belied the five media helicopters circling above his Florida ranch and the throng of reporters outside.

www.latimes.com

 

[MtNittany]

That was ugly

He lost his ranch. He lost his theater. He lost pretty much everything he owned in the area where he grew up.

 

[s1uggo72]

And here I read Lori Anderson. Ask ‘ Ro

 

[Thorndike2021]

I seem to remember having impure thoughts about Ms. Anderson as a teen...

 

[Tom McAndrew]

She certainly got my attention whenever she was on the screen.

 

[JohnJumba]

Jeepers Creepers, why'd you.......

 

[Nittany1997]

Hated that she and Burt broke up, they were my favorite celebrity couple.

 

[psuro]

And here I read Lori Anderson. Ask ‘ Ro

Get some new glasses, Magoo!

It's Loni.

 

[UncleRoyBiggins]

She certainly got my attention whenever she was on the screen.

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