WASHINGTON — Actress Loni Anderson, who played Jennifer Marlowe on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati” and was once married to the late Burt Reynolds, died Sunday at the age of 79. Anderson's death came just two days before what would have been her 80th birthday.

Loni Anderson -- known for her role as receptionist Jennifer in "WKRP in Cincinnati" and for her real-life marriage to late actor Burt Reynolds -- has died.

Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.