{"id":35205,"date":"2025-08-22T23:17:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=35205"},"modified":"2025-08-22T23:17:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:17:38","slug":"actress-loni-andersons-death-at-79-caused-by-rare-uterine-cancer-report-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=35205","title":{"rendered":"Actress Loni Anderson’s death at 79 caused by rare uterine cancer: report | Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Morgan Fairchild, Nicollette Sheridan, Loni Anderson, Linda Gray and Donna Mills all star in the holiday movie “Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The cause of death of actress Loni Anderson<\/a>, known for her starring role in “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has been revealed.<\/p>\n

In a death certificate obtained by TMZ<\/a>, Anderson’s cause of death was confirmed to be metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma, with no other contributing factors listed.<\/p>\n

According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders<\/a>, metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma “is an extremely rare form of cancer” which starts in the uterus and can spread to other parts of the body, most notably “the lungs and liver often causing life-threatening complications.”<\/p>\n

Anderson’s longtime publicist confirmed to Fox News Digital the actress died on Aug. 3 at the age of 79. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness, her publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. She was surrounded by her loving family.<\/p>\n

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Anderson died at the age of 79 from metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma. (Manny Hernandez \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“We are heartbroken to announce the passing<\/a> of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” Anderson\u2019s family said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Having grown up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Anderson always dreamed of being an actress, and moved to Hollywood in 1975 to start her career. She spent the next few years appearing in various television shows, including “The Love Boat,” “Three’s Company” and “The Incredible Hulk,” before cementing her status as a leading lady as Jennifer Marlowe in “WKRP in Cincinnati” in 1978.<\/p>\n

“I remember we all did posters back then. Everybody always asks me, \u2018What made you do a poster?\u2019 I would say, ‘Because someday my grandchildren will look at this. And I\u2019ll be able to tell them that I really looked like that. What you saw is what you got,” she told Fox News Digital in 2021.<\/p>\n

“But you know, I had this discussion with Ann-Margret<\/u><\/a>. Will there ever be a time when our names won\u2019t be followed by \u2018bombshell\u2019 or \u2018sex symbol?\u2019 It becomes a part of your name,” she continued. “And you know, I\u2019d never thought I would reach that point. I was so serious. I was doing \u2018Fiddler on the Roof\u2019 for 53 weeks on tour. I never thought I would be Loni Anderson, sex symbol. But I embrace it. I think I was lucky enough to have been able to play so many different things and sex symbol was a part of it. I took whatever my career threw at me. So I embrace it. And my granddaughters think it\u2019s a hoot!”<\/p>\n

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Loni Anderson starred as Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Following her death, “I Dream of Jeannie” star and longtime friend of Anderson’s, Barbara Eden<\/a>, told Fox News Digital she feels “very lonely now that she\u2019s not here,” explaining “she was just a very special, kind, sweet, good mother” and that “you can’t say anything bad about her.”<\/p>\n

The two met in 1981 while filming a special for comedian Bob Hope. Eden recalled running into Anderson backstage after putting on her costume, which she referred to as “ugly.”<\/p>\n

“I walked out of the hallway, and there was Loni. She looked at me and said, \u2018You can\u2019t wear those!\u2019” the 93-year-old laughed. “\u2019You\u2019ve got to tell them, go tell them. You\u2019re going to change them.\u2019 I didn\u2019t even know her then. But we had such a good laugh later about it. And I did go and say, \u2018I\u2019ll have the skin-colored hosiery, not white!\u2019 I think she was just really what my mother would call \u2018a good egg.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Eden went on to say that Anderson “is still remembered for being a beautiful, kind, just wonderful human being.”<\/p>\n

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Eden and Anderson first met in 1981 while filming a special for Bob Hope. (Vince Bucci\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I\u2019m so happy that I got to know her and that we were friends. She was just everything fun. You wouldn\u2019t think a glamour girl like Loni would be fun. But she was fun and funny. And she was also a really good mother<\/u><\/a>. Her daughter is a school principal, and her son was just adorable. I\u2019ve met him many times. She just did a good job with everything.”<\/p>\n

Anderson adopted her son, Quinton Anderson Reynolds, in 1988, with her then-husband, actor Burt Reynolds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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