Loni Anderson, the actress, who has died two days short of her 80th birthday, combined eye-popping glamour with superb comic timing as the radio station receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the popular sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982);

Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station's empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy "WKRP in Cincinnati," died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness,

"an acute prolonged illness," the actress' representative Cheryl J. Kagan confirmed to USA TODAY. She was surrounded by her family, who wrote in a statement: “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife,