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Linda Lavin, Alice Star and Tony Winner, Dies at 87
People.com ^ | 12/30/2024 | Victoria Edel,Scott Huder,Clare Fishet

Posted on 12/30/2024 6:35:34 AM PST by massmike

Linda Lavin, a Broadway star and Tony winner, has died. She was 87.

Lavin, who guest-starred on Barney Miller before getting her own TV series, Alice, died on Sunday, Dec. 29, PEOPLE can confirm. Her representative told PEOPLE she "passed unexpectedly due to complications from recently discovered lung cancer." Deadline was the first to report the news.

(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alice
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1 posted on 12/30/2024 6:35:34 AM PST by massmike
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Rest in Peace, Alice..................Thanks for the memories.........


2 posted on 12/30/2024 6:37:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: massmike

Rest In Peace, Linda.


3 posted on 12/30/2024 6:43:08 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: massmike

I would have put her a lot younger than 87.

Rest in peace.


4 posted on 12/30/2024 6:45:03 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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The years are rolling by fast now. Carter was 100. Whole generations I grew up familiar with are going.


5 posted on 12/30/2024 6:48:36 AM PST by xp38
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To: massmike

I was living in Wilmington NC when she moved there to run an acting school. Met her in the grocery store. I talked to her for about 10 minutes. She seemed to be a very nice person.


6 posted on 12/30/2024 6:48:59 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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She was like that Energizer Bunny; she kept going and going till the bitter end. Lucky for Linda, her appearance and stage presence continued to match her ambition.

She stayed slim and flexible, walking smoothly across the stage. She remembered her lines, and her marks on where to stand, not throwing the other actors off due to frequent mistakes. She looked old but not ancient or unnaturally well preserved.


7 posted on 12/30/2024 6:53:39 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Hyman Roth

Alice was a favorite show.

RIP Linda.


8 posted on 12/30/2024 7:00:13 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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Enjoyed watching the reruns on weekday mornings on the CBS affiliate we got up here (Rochester NY). The first two seasons were the best IMHO.


9 posted on 12/30/2024 7:06:43 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: massmike

RIP. Alice was one of my favorites growing up either on prime time or on weekday mornings reruns.


10 posted on 12/30/2024 7:07:37 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: massmike

On obit loaded with left-wing bile. Just give us the facts.


11 posted on 12/30/2024 7:14:02 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: massmike
Broadway star

???

I always thought of her as a sit-com star.

12 posted on 12/30/2024 7:14:29 AM PST by PAR35
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On the show Alice, the main characters grew, became different degrees of successful and moved up.


13 posted on 12/30/2024 7:27:40 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: xp38

Exactly. We’re getting old together.


14 posted on 12/30/2024 7:47:06 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: massmike

Could never stand her! Didn’t know her, but her character showed through her Characters.


15 posted on 12/30/2024 8:12:53 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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Alice, who the f**k is Alice?!


16 posted on 12/30/2024 8:57:28 AM PST by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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Flo stole all of Alice’s thunder in that show.


17 posted on 12/30/2024 8:58:37 AM PST by 38special (The government is ruining our country!)
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18 posted on 12/30/2024 9:13:50 AM PST by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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To: massmike

She seems to have lived a good life and created a lot of laughs. Plus I don’t remember her parading around in a P-hat or making proclamations about who was Hitler...

RIP.


19 posted on 12/30/2024 9:50:19 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: massmike

Never heard of her. And as such that has to be one of the worst headlines to figure out that I have ever seen.


20 posted on 12/30/2024 10:11:38 AM PST by Revel
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