A death certificate for Loni Anderson, an American actress known for her role on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, reveals the reason she passed away earlier this month.
According to a Los Angeles County Health Department document first obtained by TMZ, Anderson died from metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma, “an extremely rare form of cancer” that typically originates in the uterus. At the time of her passing, a publicist stated she had suffered from a “prolonged illness.” She was 79 years old — just two days shy of 80.
Anderson was briefly married to actor Burt Reynolds; they adopted a son together, per an AP obituary:
“WKRP in Cincinnati” aired from 1978 to 1982 and was set in a flagging Ohio radio station trying to reinvent itself with rock
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