Actor Loni Anderson-- best known for her role as an empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy 'WKRP in Cincinnati'-- has died, just days before her 80th birthday. Her longtime publicist says Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following "a prolonged illness.

Loni Anderson, best known for her role as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on '70s and '80s sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died at age 79.

Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist Jennifer on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died.