{"id":3738,"date":"2025-08-04T06:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:14:48","slug":"burt-reynolds-ex-wife-and-80s-actress-loni-anderson-dies-aged-79-after-prolonged-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/burt-reynolds-ex-wife-and-80s-actress-loni-anderson-dies-aged-79-after-prolonged-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Burt Reynolds\u2019 ex-wife and 80s actress Loni Anderson dies aged 79 after \u2018prolonged\u2019 illness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Loni Anderson has died aged 79 (Picture: Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The WRKP in Cincinnati actress Loni Anderson has died aged 79 after an illness, her family has confirmed in a statement.<\/p>\n

The 80s TV star played shrewd radio<\/a> station receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the popular sitcom, which ran from 1978 to 1982.<\/p>\n

The two-time Emmy<\/a> nominee died on Sunday, just days before the 80th birthday, in a Los Angeles<\/a> hospital following an \u2018acute prolonged illness\u2019, her longtime publicist Cheryl J Kagan has said.<\/p>\n

\u2018We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,\u2019 Anderson\u2019s family said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Anderson starred in the CBS show WRKP in Cincinnati<\/a>, which focuses on a lagging Ohio radio station hoping to reinvent itself with rock music, alongside Gary Sandy, Tim Reid, Howard Hesseman, Frank Bonner and Jan Smithers.<\/p>\n

Anderson\u2019s character Jennifer was often the only thing holding the place together, as her efficiency combated the inefficiency from other corners of WRKP. <\/p>\n

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The bombshell star was nominated for two Golden Globes (Picture: Ron Galella\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Anderson\u2019s character Jennifer was often the only thing holding the place together (Picture: CBS via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anderson also teamed up with Wonder Woman<\/a> actress Lynda Carter in the television series Partners in Crime. As well as  WKRP in Cincinnati, Anderson also appeared in S.W.A.T., Police Woman and Barnaby Jones and Phyllis.<\/p>\n

The 80s star, who earned three Golden Globe<\/a> nominations for her sitcom role, also made headlines for her fairytale marriage to Burt Reynolds<\/a> in 1988, when she was 41 and he was 52. <\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Reynolds presented Anderson with a seven-carat ring he had designed, which People magazine featured in its cover story of the wedding and described as a \u2018canary yellow diamond surrounded by smaller white diamonds\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Anderson married four times, including Burt Reynolds (Picture: Jason Merritt\/Getty Images for CDG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The pair grew close while filming the 1983 comedy Stroker Ace (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pair grew close while filming the 1983 comedy Stroker Ace, in which Anderson played the Sunday school<\/a> teacher Pembrook Feeny, while Reynolds was a Nascar driver. However, the romance ended in an acrimonious divorce in 1994.<\/p>\n

Anderson was married four times in total, to Bruce Hasselberg, Ross Bickell, Reynolds and then to Bob Flick, who she married in 2008.<\/p>\n

The late actress is survived by Flick, as well as her daughter Deidra, son Quinton Anderson Reynolds and stepson Adam Flick, as well as two grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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