Fond memories. Lovely looking lady.
Posted on 05/02/2025 7:46:29 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died. She was 88.
Buzzi died Thursday night in her sleep at her home in Texas, her family announced. In July 2022, her husband, actor Kent Perkins, revealed that she was “bedridden and incapacitated” after suffering a seres of strokes.
Buzzi appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical comedy Sweet Charity, played Marlo Thomas’ pal Margie “Pete” Peterson on ABC’s That Girl, starred opposite Jim Nabors on a Saturday morning kids show, The Lost Saucer, and spent many years on Sesame Street.
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Carson did the best Reagan impersonation. Not in a matter that was insulting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8D4C3hR8PY
She got to Texas as soon as she could and in my wife’s family’s home county. Good on her.
I thought I was the only one who remembered that Kroft show.
That was great!
RIP Ruth.
I believe she was Burt Reynolds’ first wife.
“Buzzi was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2012.[19] In July 2022, it was reported that Buzzi had suffered a series of strokes and was improving.[20]
Buzzi died at her home in her sleep in hospice care in Stephenville, Texas on May 1, 2025 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, at the age of 88.[19][21][22]”
From wikipedia
Goin’ back a ways.
Laugh-In was on, the Beatles were popular, and nam was raging.
I never watched Benny Hill when it was current. Years later I saw some episodes and thought it was pretty funny!
Fond memories. Lovely looking lady.
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