Loni Anderson’s cause of death has been revealed nearly three weeks after the “WKRP in Cincinnati” star’s shocking passing earlier this month. Anderson’s death certificate, obtained by TMZ on Friday, disclosed that the beloved actress passed away from an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer called metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma. Loni Anderson’s cause of death … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan. “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of … Read more
Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, best known for his role as the Toothless Man in “Deliverance,” has died at the age of 85. Coward was killed in a car accident, according to local news outlets WLOS and FOX Carolina, citing North Carolina State Highway Patrol officials. He died on Wednesday in Haywood County, NC, when his Nissan, which was exiting … Read more
Jealous Burt Reynolds refused to attend the 1980 Oscars with Sally Field — because he was “not happy” with the attention she was getting for her breakout performance in “Norma Rae.” “He really was not a nice guy around me then,” Field, 77, says in Dave Karger’s new book, “50 Oscar Nights Out,” according to … Read more
“I Am Burt Reynolds” is making its long-awaited television premiere. The award-winning documentary, directed by Adrian Buitenhuis, traces Reynolds’ storied Hollywood career — he was, in the 1970s, the world’s biggest movie star and sex symbol — from his early television roles to his breakout movies (“Deliverance,” “The Longest Yard,” “Smokey and the Bandit”) to … Read more