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Thomas L. Miller, who produced several hit TV comedies over many decades in the business, died April 5 of complications from heart disease in Salisbury, CT. He was 79. Through the years, Miller produced Full House, Bosom Buddies, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers and Step by Step as co-founder of Miller/Boyett…

In statements given to Deadline, Happy Days stars remembered Penny Marshall, who died on Monday. She starred in the sitcom’s spinoff Laverne & Shirley. “Penny was as courageous as she was talented, and broke down the wall for women directors. Penny will be missed, but her talent and inspiration is evergreen,” said Anso…

Eddie Foy III, a casting director who worked on such classic series as Happy Days, Cheers, M*A*S*H and The Monkees, and was a third-generation member of the legendary Foy show business clan, died November 3 in a fall at his home in Denison, IA. He was 83. The son of actor Eddie Foy Jr., he grew up around celebrities…

The stars from Happy Days came together Wednesday to remember their friend and castmate Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham on the ’70s sitcom. Scott Baio, Cathy Silvers, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Ron Howard and Don Most attended the memorial service for Moran and posed for the group photo above. Baio posted…

REFRESH FOR UPDATES… Henry Winkler, who played the career-making role of the Fonz on the classic Garry Marshall sitcom Happy Days, was among the first to pay respects to the late TV icon, who died Tuesday. Winkler thanked Marshall “for my professional life.” Scott Baio, the Joanie Loves Chachi star who gave a…

Garry Marshall, a giant of TV comedy whose long list of credits include such landmark series as Happy Days, The Odd Couple and The Dick Van Dyke Show, has died. He was 81. He also helmed 18 feature films including Pretty Woman, and had acting credits dating to the 1960s. His publicist Michelle Bega said Marshall died…

Stuart Nisbet, a character actor with over 172 film and television credits who appeared on everything from Dennis The Menace to In The Heat Of The Night and Casino, died June 23 at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, CA. He was 82. A Los Angeles native, Nisbet grew up in Bakersfield and studied acting at both Los…

Character actor Al Molinaro, best known for playing Arnold’s (later Al’s) Diner owner Al Delvecchio on the sitcom Happy Days and the show’s spinoff, Joanie Loves Chachie, has died, his family confirmed today. He was 96. According to his family, he died from gall stone complications, having chosen not to remove…

UPDATE: This afternoon CBS issued the following statement on the settlement with Happy Days actors Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Don Most and the widow of Tom Bosley. The case has been settled.  All contractual obligations will be honored, as we had promised from the beginning.  We appreciate the Court's…

Happy Days' Mrs. C., Joanie, Potsie and Ralph will get their day in court July 17. Judge Elizabeth Allen White today denied a motion from CBS to dismiss a merchandise lawsuit from the actors from the iconic 1970s show. Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams and Don Most, plus the widow of Tom Bosley, say the series'…

Four cast members from the 1970s comedy Happy Days — Anson Williams, Don Most, Marion Ross and Erin Moran — as well as the estate of the late Tom Bosley, today filed a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS, which owns the classic sitcom, over unpaid merchandising revenue. The actors claim that they should…

The veteran actor of stage and screen has died after a brief battle with lung cancer on October 19 in Rancho Mirage. He was 83. Bosley, best known for playing the patriarch Mr. C on Happy Days, won a Tony Award for the 1959 Broadway hit Fiorello! He made his motion picture debut in Love with a Proper Stranger, which…