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Fran Drescher Mourns the 'Untenable' Loss of ‘Beloved’ Dad Morty Drescher

Fran Drescher’s dad, Morty Drescher, died at age 94 after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease

Drescher scored her breakout role in 1977’s Saturday Night Fever as supporting character Connie, who had a brief interaction with leading man John Travolta. After losing beloved stars including Barbara Walters, Kirstie Alley and Stephen “tWitch” Boss in the final days of 2022, the entertainment industry dealt with more loss in 2023. Hollywood mourned three significant losses in April: Jerry Springer, Harry Belafonte and Dancing With the Stars judge Len Goodman all died within days of his each other.

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