On Sunday night, there were reports that Tanya Roberts passed away at the age of 65. Then yesterday, her boyfriend, Lance O’Brien, found out during an interview with Inside Edition that she was still alive. Today, O’Brien told TMZ that Cedars Sinai called and told him that she did not make it.
What happened because this all so weird? O’Brien tells Page Six that he called her publicist after he saw Roberts for the last time. “I say, ‘I just said goodbye to Tanya, and I got to see her beautiful eyes one last time.’ And after that, I’m just blubbering,” O’Brien recalled. That is why the publicist assumed that she died. It wasn’t until O’Brien got the phone call the next day that he found out she was still alive for a few more hours.
O’Brien also clarified what happened in the days leading up to her death. He says she started having breathing and intestinal issues on December 23rd. She went to sleep. Then the actress woke up at 4a, fell out of bed, and could not get up. That is when she was rushed to the hospital.
When he was there, doctors explained that she had a bad UTI that mixed with her Hepatitis C, and wreaked havoc on her body. “What happened was her kidneys degraded, her liver degraded, then her gall bladder degraded, then she got a blood infection in her entire body.’” O’Brien said. At that point, there was nothing they could do for her. She was taken off of life support and passed away last night.
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Tanya Robers passed away today at the age of 65, according to KABC’s George Pennacchio. The cause of her death is unknown, but it was not COVID-19 related.
Roberts had a long career with many iconic roles. Throughout the years, she played several sex symbols, including one of the Angels in the final season of Charlie’s Angels. Roberts is one of the few women to be a Bond Girl. She starred alongside Roger Moore in 1985’s A View to a Kill. The actress was also seen in the Sci-Fi classics Sheena and Beastmaster.
However, to most of you, she will be remembered most for playing Donna’s progressive mom on That ’70s Show. A role she opted to leave in 2001 to spend time with her dying husband, Barry Roberts, who died in 2006.
To me, I will always remember her from the Horror movie Tourist Trap. It was the first film that gave me nightmares. Why my father let me watch it when I was a kid, I will never know. In fact, it still scares me.
I am going to watch it again in her honor. Tonight, let’s keep her beauty alive by watching one of her many memorable roles.
Dawn Wells passed away this morning at the age of 82 from COVID-19 complications, according to her publicist Harlan Boll.
In 1964, she landed the role of a lifetime. Ever since then, she has been playing America’s Sweetheart on and off of Gilligan’s Island. Wells was the girl next door who was as sweet as her coconut pies.
Today, let’s remember her by singing the theme song and watching the show that made her an icon.
Ann Reinking passed away in her sleep on Saturday at the age of 71 per Variety.
Reinking was one of Bob Fosse’s muses, and she starred in several of his Broadway productions, including his autobiographical musical All That Jazz. She also briefly dated the legendary choreographer as was seen in the FX series Fosse/Verdon.
Along with starring in Fosse’s musicals, she also starred in or choreographed several Broadway productions like Sweet Charity, Applause, and A Chorus Line. She won a Tony for choreographing Chicago in 1997.
In the ’80s, every little girl knew who she was because of the movie Annie. She played Mr. Warbucks assistant Grace Farrell in the 1982 film.
Today, let’s all do jazz hands in honor of Reinking, and let’s keep her spirit alive by watching All That Jazz or Annie. They were two of my favorite movies when I was a kid.
David Lander lost his 36-year long battle with multiple sclerosis on Friday at the age of 73, according to KABC.
Lander is best known for playing Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley. Even though he was supposed to be a despicable character, you couldn’t help but to love him and his best friend Lenny on the sitcom.
Along with starring in the popular comedy, he also appeared in the movies 1941, Used Cars, and A League of Their Own, to name a few. In later years, he was heard more than he was seen in productions like Who Frame Roger Rabbit, A Bug’s Life, The Iron Giant, and many other shows and movies.
In 1999, he accepted his most challenging role. He announced that he had multiple sclerosis, and he became a spokesperson for the disease.
Today, let’s remember him with joy and grease your hair like Squiggy in his honor.
