Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Actress Loni Anderson -- best known for her scene-stealing role as receptionist Jennifer in the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati and for her real-life marriage to late actor Burt Reynolds -- has died at the age of 79.
Anderson's publicist Cheryl J. Kagan told The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter that the two-time Emmy nominee died after a prolonged illness Sunday at a Los Angeles hospital.
The actress' other credits include Stroker Ace, Nurses, The Jayne Mansfield Story, White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd, Leave Her to Heaven, Sorry, Wrong Number and Three Coins in the Fountain.
She was also a popular guest star on various hit TV series and a fixture on the late-night talk-show circuit in the 1970s and '80s.
Her most recent project was 2023's Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas, alongside Donna Mills, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray and Nicolette Sheridan.
