‘Alice’ Star Linda Lavin
Died From Lung Most cancers
… After Going Into Cardiac Arrest
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Legendary TV sitcom actress Linda Lavin died of lung most cancers and different well being points, TMZ has discovered.
TMZ has obtained Linda’s dying certificates, which reveals the “Alice” star died after a cardiopulmonary arrest — which stops blood from pumping into your coronary heart, usually inflicting the individual to fall unconscious — with lung most cancers listed because the underlying trigger.
In 2024, Linda was given a bronchoscopy — a process wherein a doctor appears to be like inside your airways to deal with or diagnose a lung situation. Linda was cremated in January on the Los Angeles residence of her husband, Steve Bakunas, in line with the doc.
As we first reported, Linda handed away in L.A. in December. The actress got here to Hollywood many years in the past, touchdown her first massive function in 1976 as Alice Hyatt on the CBS present “Alice Doesn’t Stay Right here Anymore.”
The sitcom’s title was later shortened to “Alice,” as Lavin’s character — a widow supporting her son — went on to turn into an emblem for all working mothers. For this function, Lavin received two Golden Globe awards and was nominated for an Emmy.
Lavin additionally starred in one other widespread ’70s sitcom, “Barney Miller” — in addition to a number of Neil Simon Broadway performs, particularly “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” and “Broadway Sure.” She was nominated for six Tony Awards, but only took home the trophy once, for “Broadway Sure.”
Lavin was 87.
RIP
