Actor Loni Anderson-- best known for her role as an empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy 'WKRP in Cincinnati'-- has died, just days before her 80th birthday. Her longtime publicist says Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following "a prolonged illness.

Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist Jennifer on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died.

Loni Anderson, 79, has died, just days before her 80th birthday. The actress’s longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, said she died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness,” according to the Associated Press on Sunday.