Bonnie Franklin, star of 'One Day at a Time,' dead at 69

Yahoo ^ | March 1, 2013 | Dave Nemetz

[bgill]

Actress Bonnie Franklin, known to TV fans as divorced mom Ann Romano on the '70s sitcom "One Day at a Time," has died at age 69. Her family says her death was due to complications from pancreatic cancer, which Franklin revealed she was battling back in September.

[dfwgator]

One of the original TV MILFs.

[who knows what evil?]

I have the same attitude...

Ditto.

[Borges]

Artists have been outsiders since the Romantic era. William Blake (anarchist by today’s standard) and Percy B. Shelley (expelled from Oxford for advocating atheism) weren’t saints either.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Saw her recently playing a nun on “The Young And The Restless” and thought she didn’t look well. RIP.

[Kommodor]

And the best reason, too!

That and the turkeys.

[Arthur McGowan]

She played Margaret Sanger in a made-for-TV film in the 80s. SAINT Margaret Sanger, that is.

[EEGator]

Charlie Sheen

[GeronL]

It’s a good default attitude with celebutards, I am never going to be disappointed.

[ro_dreaming]

I had a crush on her - she was my first redhead.

Of course, Valerie Bertinelli is on my “list”. My goodness, that woman is so perky and happy it’s tooth-aching.

Bonnie is the same age as my dad. Wow.

[Will88]

Pancreatic cancer is a bicth.

Pancreatic cancer seems to be more and more common. I knew several people personally who died from it, plus frequent news of public figures dying from it.

I wonder if it was called something else in the past, or if this is a recent development? I know panceatic cancer was heard of much less frequently 20 or more years ago.

[PLMerite]

Valerie was number one on my list, but I would have made time for Bonnie, too.

RIP Ms. Franklin.

[Nik Naym]

“Back in the day, guys had crushes on her. That dates me. “

You must be older than me. For my contemporaries the lusting was for Valerie Bertenelli.

[nascarnation]

Val still looks pretty good (at 52) in Hot in Cleveland (at least to this old phart).

[Nik Naym]

“The ONLY reason I watched WKRP...”

Oh come on....WKRP was a great show.

“Baily” was the icing on the cake.

Or the cherry on the sundae.

[Nik Naym]

“That and the turkeys.”

You do know turkeys can’t fly, right?

[N. Theknow]

dates me too. i had a crush on deborah walley from BEACH BLANKET BINGO days

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[bgill]

No, Valerie was our age but a lot of the guys were hot on the mom.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember that show being advertized. I refused to watch it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I watched that show for VALERIE BERTINELLI!****

From what I read years ago, as Valerie blossomed Bonnie became extremely jealous and short tempered.

[stevio]

I used to watch it, mostly for Valerie Bertinelli. Something creeped me out about Bonnie Franklin’s character. But I realize as I age, I never fully embraced the leftist’s crap, even back then.