Cindy Williams, greatest recognized for her position as Shirley in ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 75

Actor Cindy Williams, greatest recognized for her position within the “Laverne & Shirley” TV sitcom, has died at 75, her household mentioned Monday.

Williams died peacefully Wednesday at her house in Los Angeles after a brief sickness, her kids mentioned in an announcement launched by household spokesperson Liza Cranis mentioned.

“The passing of our form, hilarious mom, Cindy Williams, has introduced us insurmountable disappointment that would by no means really be expressed,” they mentioned within the assertion.

“Realizing and loving her has been our pleasure and privilege,” the assertion mentioned. “She was one in every of a sort, stunning, beneficiant and possessed an excellent humorousness and a glittering spirit that everybody beloved.”

Williams starred as Shirley Feeney reverse of Penny Marshall, who performed Laverne DeFazio, within the common “‘Laverne & Shirley” collection, which ran from 1976 to 1983.