Loni Anderson, best known for her role as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on '70s and '80s sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died at age 79.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan.

We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother.”