Source: New York Times
“Loni Anderson, who played the platinum blonde receptionist on the screwball comedy ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ in the late 1970s and early ’80s and later became a tabloid mainstay during her contentious divorce from the actor Burt Reynolds, died on Sunday at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 79. Her death, just days before her 80th birthday, was confirmed by Cheryl J. Kagan, her publicist, who cited an unspecified prolonged illness. … Over the decades, Ms. Anderson amassed more than 60 acting credits. … She continued working well into her 70s.” (08/03/25)