Cindy Williams died on Wednesday at the age of 75 after a brief illness, her children said in a statement.
The Associated PressActor Cindy Williams attends the 10th Annual TV Land Awards in April 2012 in New York City. Williams, who starred in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley with actor Penny Marshall, has died at the age of 75.Laverne & ShirleyWilliams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement released through family spokesperson Liza Cranis.
"The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed," the statement said. "Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. She was one of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a glittering spirit that everyone loved."and director Francis Ford Coppola'sspinoff that ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. In its prime, it was among the most popular shows on TV.
Laverne & Shirley co-stars Williams, left, and Penny Marshall press their hands in cement after the taping of their show in Los Angeles in November 1979. Williams played the straitlaced Shirley Feeney to Marshall's more libertine Laverne DeFazio on the show about a pair of friends and roommates who worked at a Milwaukee bottling factory in the 1950s and 60s.was known almost as much for its opening theme as the show itself.
Williams' and Marshall's chant of "schlemiel, schlimazel" as they skipped together became a cultural phenomenon and oft-invoked piece of nostalgia.
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