Loni Anderson was a beloved figure, on and off the WKRP airwaves. The Emmy-nominated actress, who starred as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the classic sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," died at age 79 at a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday,

Blonde bombshell, actress Loni Anderson, has died just days before she would have turned 80. Anderson was best known as her character Jennifer Marlowe, the receptionist of the fictional radio station “WKRP.” Her publicist said that Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital after a prolonged illness, The Associated Press reported.

WKRP In Cincinnati star Loni Anderson, who starred in The Jayne Mansfield Story and All Dogs Go To Heaven, was 79.