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Linda Lavin, Star of TV’s ‘Alice’ and a Tony Winner, Dies at 87
Linda Lavin, star of the 1970s sitcom 'Alice' and a Tony winner who remained active in TV and on stage into her 80s, died Sunday. She was 87.
Linda Lavin, star of CBS’ long-running sitcom “Alice” and a Tony winner for Neil Simon’s play “Broadway Bound” who remained active in TV and on stage, died Sunday. In 2015 she appeared in Nancy Meyers’ comedy “The Intern,” starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, and she had the films “My Bakery in Brooklyn” and “Manhattan Nocturne” set for release in 2016. After meeting actor-drummer Steve Bakunas during the 2002 run of “Hollywood Arms,” the couple married in 2005 and subsequently established residence in Wilmington, N.C., and converted a garage into the Red Barn Studio Theatre, which they ran together.
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