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Obituary:  Actress Cindy Williams, known as the "Shirley" in the 1970s sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has passed away after a short illness according to a spokesperson of her children.  She was 75 years old.

She had a lot of success on the small screen.  In later years she, like so many, went on the nostalgia circuit, including making at least one appearance at Reno's Hot August Nights celebration.  I was lucky enough to have met her at the Peppermill along with actor Richard Dreyfuss and others back in 2008.  She was as nice as she could be.

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Born in Van Nuys, Calif. in 1947, Williams first became interested in acting in high school. After graduation she attended L.A. City College where she majored in Theatre Arts.

Following her tenure there, her first TV roles included stints on period sitcoms Room 222Nanny and the Professor and Love, American Style. Later in her career, she would notch up guest appearances in Law and Order: SVU7th Heaven and 8 Simple Rules.

Williams also lit up the stage, with theater credits including Death TrapNunsenseGreaseMenopause the MusicalMiddletownThe Female OddCouple, and a Broadway turn on The Drowsy Chaperone.

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The red states are going out of their way to see which one can be the most obnoxious when it comes to abortion restrictions.

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Obituary:  Hockey great Bobby Hull, 84, has died:


In 1972, Hull signed the first $1 million contract in the history of professional hockey (10 years, $1.75 million), leaving the Blackhawks and the NHL to join the Winnipeg Jets of the WHA as a player/coach.

He played seven seasons in the WHA and helped the Jets win Avco Cups in 1976 and 1978. He won two Gordie Howe Trophies as the league's most valuable player in 1972-73 and 1974-75, a season in which he scored a career-best 77 goals.

He announced his retirement during the 1978-79 season but decided to return the next season after the WHA merged with the NHL. He played 18 games with the Jets in 1979-80 and was traded to the Hartford Whalers, playing nine games for the team before retiring again.

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