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Cindy Williams, who starred in “Laverne & Shirley,” died at 75 following a brief illness, according to her family. Williams portrayed Shirley alongside Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom. The family’s spokesperson, Liza Cranis, released a statement on behalf of Williams’ children. The statement reads, “The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us…

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Annie Wersching, the actress best known for her roles in television series such as “Star Trek: Picard,” “24,” “The Vampire Diaries,” and “Bosch,” passed away at the age of 45 after a quiet battle with cancer. She was diagnosed with cancer during the summer of 2020, but continued her work through it. In a GoFundMe…

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Lloyd Morrisett, co-founder of Sesame Workshop and who famously founded the idea of “Sesame Street” has passed away at age 93. The Sesame Workshop Instagram account shared the news by saying in a statement, “Sesame Workshop mourns the passing of our esteemed and beloved co-founder Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD, who died at the age of…

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Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and extremely influential ’60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died. He was 81 years old. His wife released a statement to Variety, writing, “It is with great sadness after a long illness that our beloved David (Croz)…

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