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Cindy Williams paid tribute to her Laverne & Shirley co-star Eddie Mekka today, tweeting her love and calling the late actor “a world-class talent who could do it all.” The tweet (see it below) also includes a video of Mekka highlights from Laverne & Shirley, with many of the clips showcasing Mekka’s song-and-dance…

Eddie Mekka, the actor who played Carmine Ragusa, the high school sweetheart of Cindy Williams’ Shirley Feeney on the hit ’70s sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died at his home in Newhall, CA. He was 69. His November 27 death was announced on Facebook by longtime friend Pat Benti, who did not disclose a cause of death…

David Lander, the actor best known as “Squiggy” on the long-running ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died. He was 73 and passed Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications related to multiple sclerosis, which he battled for 37 years. Lander studied acting at the High School for the…

Cindy Williams will appear as a special guest at a Laverne & Shirley marathon in honor of her late co-star Penny Marshall, a salute planned, appropriately enough, at the Garry Marshall Theatre. The 12-hour episode marathon at the Burbank theater is set for Sunday, Jan. 27, beginning at 10 am. Williams, who played…

The actress and filmmaker who went from recurring on The Odd Couple to starring in one of the biggest sitcoms of the 1970s to producing and/or directing studio features including Big and A League of Their Own has left us. Penny Marshall died Monday night at her Hollywood Hills home at 75, leaving behind a legacy of…

Penny Marshall, who went from starring on the smash Happy Days spinoff Laverne & Shirley to helming such features including Big and A League of Their Own, died Monday night of diabetes complications at her home in the Hollywood Hills. She was 75. Marshall also directed films including Riding in Cars with Boys, The Prea…

Veteran TV writer and producer Chris Thompson, creator of comedy series Shake It Up!, Action, The Naked Truth, Ladies Man and co-creator of Bosom Buddies, died unexpectedly Friday night after a long illness. He was 63. Thompson recently had solidified a deal to create a new comedy series based on a hit Israeli show…