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Danh1004 t1_j6knq9h wrote

Watching Laverne & Shirley was a wonderful part of my childhood.

Thank you Cindy

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lizzpop2003 t1_j6kqqvb wrote

I had a massive crush on Shirley when I was a small child watching reruns in the late 80's. I'm a bit sad now...

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RealMartinKearns t1_j6ktqxx wrote

Well, there’s three.

Lisa Loring Annie Wersching Cindy Williams

We can stop there… please.

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muchomojotx t1_j6kvsx7 wrote

RIP, Shirley -loved the show when I was a kid.

Now everyone say it with me - Schlemiel, schlimazel!

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Papichuloft t1_j6kwwqi wrote

The icons have been dropping too soon this past week. RP Cindy and thanks for the laughs.

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NSFWThrowaway1239 t1_j6kz25i wrote

Dang, I JUST looked her up yesterday to see if she was still alive and it was pretty away to see that she was. It's sad to her gone.

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spoon_shaped_spoon t1_j6kztc8 wrote

Laverne and Shirley was one of the Happy Days spinoffs along with Joanie loves Chachi and Mork and Mindy. But it was my favorite Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

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THE_some_guy t1_j6l0ixy wrote

I think I’m gonna go put a work glove on a beer bottle.

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Zoso1973 t1_j6l2c5b wrote

Check out her episode of Law and Order SVU.

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AspireAgain t1_j6l44dt wrote

She was great in everything, but I really loved her in American Graffiti.

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argument_sketch t1_j6l4i4u wrote

Can people I love and grow up with stop dying!?!?!?! :-(

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Kyrgan t1_j6l5cry wrote

Somebody find Lenny!!

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IndyMLVC t1_j6l5ro9 wrote

Penny also died at 75. Strange

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autopsis t1_j6lbuwp wrote

NOOOOOOO! I loved her. She was such a happy part of my childhood. This is so sad.

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Tim-in-CA t1_j6liluc wrote

RIP Cindy. Thank you and Penny for all the childhood laughs!

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uno_dos_3 t1_j6lswf4 wrote

Dang.. people with money are dying in their 70s..

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crudedrawer t1_j6lyiqh wrote

seeing her in the conversation after growing up on l&s reruns was kind of mindblowing. I think I read somewhere that she was worried that taking asitcom would sink her as a serious actress and I wonder if that's true. Her acting in that film is so understated and perfect for the material it feels like she could have done more like that.

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Pal_Smurch t1_j6m5yv9 wrote

Was just watching a documentary on American Graffiti last night.

In 1990, I met her and her husband, Bill Hudson, and their two kids. They were snowed in and waiting out a storm in my sister’s restaurant. Her daughter was eight, and danced for my sister who was a dance instructor. They were very gracious folks.

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rbhindepmo t1_j6m68qu wrote

Replying to Hairy_Seaweed9309 (#1,641,249)

Ed Marinaro jumping directly from Laverne and Shirley to Hill Street Blues was probably a good decision.

Also, Wikipedia doesn’t list a birthdate for Leslie Easterbrook. So aside from McKean, you gotta dig deep into the regular cast.

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getdemsnacks t1_j6m6kge wrote

Someone please check in on Michael McKean please. He's the last one standing.

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Rigma t1_j6m7nou wrote

this is a sad one

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junky_godzilla t1_j6maaew wrote

No more pain ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Kinser9 t1_j6menms wrote

For a time she was Kate and Oliver Hudson's stepmom.

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Typingdude3 t1_j6mga7f wrote

And another mainstay of childhood in the ‘70’s gone. Laverne and Shirley was such a great show.

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Akahcakalakuh t1_j6mgsde wrote

She was great singing Mack the Knife on that Andy Kaufman Special

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Rlchv70 t1_j6mom2l wrote

FYI, died last week. Jan 25th.

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FlyingAce1015 t1_j6mporc wrote

so many famous people dying in January this year. :(

I mean statistically Jan has the highest number of deaths in the year but good grief. It seems way worse this year.

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SlashdotDiggReddit t1_j6mr8oo wrote

Aw, man ... this sucks! I absolutely LOVED her in American Graffiti; she was more edgy than Shirley. What will Boo Boo Kitty do now?

Let's all listen now.

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Britneyfan123 t1_j6mro9k wrote

R.I.P. loved her in the conversation and American Graffiti

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MC_Fap_Commander t1_j6msyu3 wrote

Replying to seadragon65 (#1,649,618)

"Well, I don't really think that the end can be assessed as of itself as being the end because what does the end feel like? It's like saying when you try to extrapolate the end of the universe, you say, if the universe is indeed infinite, then how - what does that mean? How far is all the way, and then if it stops, what's stopping it, and what's behind what's stopping it? So, what's the end, you know, is my question to you."

(EDIT: It's not a slight against the man; it's a quote from one of his most famous characters about mortality)

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melouofs t1_j6mw55r wrote

The original sweetheart. Rest easy, Cindy.

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l94xxx t1_j6mwgyd wrote

I never understood why the Laverne & Shirley cartoon took place in the army, with a Horshack pig as the sergeant . . .

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minnick27 t1_j6mze34 wrote

Replying to barmanfred (#1,644,144)

Amazing comedian as well. He was in a comedy group called The Credibility Gap with Harry Shearer and David Lander. Also, he and David created the characters of Lenny and Squiggy while in college at Carnegie Mellon

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Theurgie t1_j6n4p9v wrote

I watched reruns of the show as a kid. So sad but they're in a better place now. RIP.

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[deleted] t1_j6n8c3k wrote

‘Oh, the red, red robin goes bob, bob, bobbin’ along.”

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SoHiHello t1_j6n9q2w wrote

She has sadly schlemieled her last schlimazel.

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LanceFree t1_j6nc13p wrote

Replying to AspireAgain (#1,640,032)

I liked her in The First Nudie Musical - my familly had just received cable tv and at the time, Cinemax had obscure films. At the end, she came out topless, and I was shocked as I thought of her as so pure. Kids are dumb.

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ErrorZealousideal532 t1_j6ncanp wrote

God bless her, her family and her friends. She brought lots of happy memories into my life as a child. Like many of my generation, I was a regular Lavern & Shirley watcher. I had a little bit of a crush on her as a boy. She was very pretty.

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Puppiessssss t1_j6ncrbg wrote

Ironic that she died @ same age as Laverne (Penny Marshall)

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Sensitive_Library967 t1_j6ndnph wrote

“A brief illness” just like they said about Tom Verlaine… my grandpa lived a very unhealthy lifestyle and even he died at 85.. why? Cause he died before 2020. all these people dropping in their 70s right now is NOT NATURAL.

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thenewmook t1_j6ndwzu wrote

I wasn’t into the dumb girls when I was a child. I was into the smart ones like her and Janet from Threes Company.

I just watched L&S for the first time in probably 25 years during Christmas. It was still funny all these years later.

RIP

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boywonder5691 t1_j6ns49o wrote

I had such a crush on her back in the day from when she first appeared on Happy Days. Years later I saw her in The Conversation where she was surprisingly good. RIP

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minnick27 t1_j6nw7dy wrote

Replying to tfresca (#1,659,783)

I don't know if the episode was a hit or not. It aired almost 2 full years before the series aired. I think it was the success of American Graffiti that had them say "we own this show that's similar in tone and stars the same guy."

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StolenErections t1_j6nzlu8 wrote

Replying to your_moms_ankes (#1,655,640)

idk why you’re downvoted.

Idgaf about what famous people did to get famous if they were assholes in everyday life.

Exceptions would be if they are famous for contributing to the human race by developing a vaccine against an awful disease or something.

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StolenErections t1_j6oiwb1 wrote

Replying to your_moms_ankes (#1,677,706)

I’m never surprised when I find out that a star is an asshole.

Years ago I met a girl who had waited on Stallone and that was the first time I realized that stars can be toxic assholes. He had booked the whole upstairs of their restaurant, and didn’t leave any tip at all.

Since then, it rarely surprises me, unless it’s like, a story of Robin Williams being an asshole or something.

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PissedCaucasian t1_j6pb84r wrote

I read she started her career working with Sally Field! Two cuties. My crushes as a little boy.

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