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 on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness,

Loni Anderson, whose role as Jennifer Marlowe on "WKRP in Cincinnati" was nominated for Emmy and Golden Globe awards, has died, her publicist confirmed Sunday. She was 79.