Actress Cindy Williams, best known for her role on the television sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died at the age of 75, her family said Monday.
Williams died peacefully Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness, her children said in a statement issued by family spokeswoman Liza Cranis.
“The passing of our kind and hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us an insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed,” they said in the statement.
“Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege,” the statement said. “She was unique, beautiful, generous, and she possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a bright spirit that everyone loved.”
Williams played Shirley Feeney opposite Penny Marshall, who played Laverne DeFazio, on the popular series “‘Laverne & Shirley,” which ran from 1976 to 1983.
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