Awwww, here it starts people. Actor and director Penny Marshall passed away today from complications of diabetes, she was just 75 yrs old.
We first met and fell in love with Penny on the TV series Happy Days in the 1970s, where she portrayed one of "the Fonz's" many love interests. She made such an impression on her brother Had Marshall that he created a spin -off show, "Laverne and Shirley". Penny portrayed Laverne Defazio ( I might be misspelling that, if so no one is perfect, lol). This series ran for 8 seasons and I loved it, he'll of funny. Then some time went by and we didn't hear from Penny, and next thing we knew she was a director, like her brother Gary. Some of the film's she directed were "Big" with Tom Hanks, "A League of Their Own"with Madonna, and "The Preacher's Wife" starring the legendary Whitney Houston just to name a few. As a matter of fact, Penny and Whitney went on to become fast friends and used to hang out some after the movie was completed. Rumor was they were doing a lot of come (not the soda, but the powder form) together.
Anyway, 75 is really young, so I am really sad to see her go,, who knows she may have had another big movie in her??? Sigh.
Penny is survived by her only child, a daughter and 5 grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother Gary in 2016. Rest in peace both of you and say hello to Whitney if you two should end up in the same place. Rest in peace, all three of you.
So, who is next? There are always a rash of unexpected celebrity deaths the last 2 weeks of every year!!!!
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