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trueblue2007

(17,189 posts)
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 03:07 PM Dec 2018

OH NO NO NO !!!! Penny Marshall, dies at 75. i am so sad, i can't believe it.

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Actress and director Penny Marshall died Monday night at the age of 75, according to TMZ. According to her publicist Michelle Bega, Marshall died “peacefully” in her Hollywood Hills home from “complications from diabetes.” Marshall became well known for her role in the 1976 Laverne & Shirley sitcom, which ran until 1983. She went on to direct several hit moves, including Big and A League of Their Own.
“Our family is heartbroken over the passing of Penny Marshall,” her family said in a statement. “Penny was a tomboy who loved sports, doing puzzles of any kind, drinking milk and Pepsi together and being with her family.” The New York Daily News reports the family plan on holding a “celebration of her life” at a later date.
Marshall is reportedly survived by her “older sister Ronny, her daughter and three grandkids — Spencer, Bella and Viva.”

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OH NO NO NO !!!! Penny Marshall, dies at 75. i am so sad, i can't believe it. (Original Post) trueblue2007 Dec 2018 OP
She was great! Always Laverne to me, but GreenPartyVoter Dec 2018 #1
This is sad news. I thought she was a comedic genius. LoisB Dec 2018 #2
She was a great comedian but a groundbreaking director. nolabear Dec 2018 #3

nolabear

(41,930 posts)
3. She was a great comedian but a groundbreaking director.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 03:43 PM
Dec 2018

So few women directed when she did, and she had a brilliant eye for what charmed and made people laugh while actually saying something.

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