{"id":117720,"date":"2023-01-30T21:47:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T02:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117720"},"modified":"2023-01-30T21:47:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T02:47:35","slug":"laverne-shirley-star-cindy-williams-dead-at-75-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117720","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLaverne &#038; Shirley\u201d Star Cindy Williams Dead at 75 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117720\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=117720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-117721 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3f528cecc51c7f2e821bcf53204eaa73-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3f528cecc51c7f2e821bcf53204eaa73-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3f528cecc51c7f2e821bcf53204eaa73.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sad news to report as another TV icon has died.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Cindy Williams, best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the popular 1970s television series LAVERNE &amp; SHIRLEY (1976-1983) passed away January 25, 2023, in Los Angeles, California, after a brief illness. She was 75.<\/p>\n<p>Williams began her career by appearing in commercials, and before long was landing gigs on several television series. One of those series was HAPPY DAYS (1974-1984). Williams first played Shirley Feeney on HAPPY DAYS when she was cast as a guest-star, alongside Penny Marshall, who was cast as Laverne De Fazio, Shirley\u2019s best friend and roommate. Their stint on HAPPY DAYS proved so popular that Penny\u2019s brother Garry Marshall, a producer on HAPPY DAYS created a spin-off series for the girls, which would become LAVERNE &amp; SHIRLEY. The series brought much success to Williams and would make her an American TV icon. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Another notable role for Williams was that of Laurie Henerson, Ron Howard\u2019s high school sweetheart in the film AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973). She earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.<\/p>\n<p>Her additional credits include NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR (1970-1971), LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE (1969-1974), HAWAII FIVE-O (1968-1980), THE CONVERSATION (1974), POLICE STORY (1973-1987), MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1979), CHIPS (1977-1983), LAVERNE &amp; SHIRLEY IN THE ARMY (1981-1983), EARTH ANGEL (1991), BINGO (1991), LOIS &amp; CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (1993-1997), TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL (1994-2003), 8 SIMPLE RULES (2002-2005), SAM &amp; CAT (2013-2014), and THE ODD COUPLE (2015-2017).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Cindy Williams\u2019 family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Sad news to report as another TV icon has died. Actress Cindy Williams, best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the popular 1970s television series LAVERNE &amp; SHIRLEY (1976-1983) passed away January 25, 2023, in Los Angeles, California, after a brief illness. She was 75. Williams began her career by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[30347],"class_list":["post-117720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-laverne-shirley-star-cindy-williams-dead-at-75-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117720"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}