Penny Marshall Has Died

All together now: NOOOOOOOOOOOO. And more NOOOOOOOOS.

The legendary Penny Marshall is doing the saddest schlemiel schlimazel dance up to heaven after dying at her home in the Hollywood Hills last night. She was 75. Penny’s rep Michelle Bega confirmed this Mt. Everest-sized sad, saying that she died from diabetes complications:

“Yes she did (die) … peacefully at her Hollywood Hills home. She passed away form complications from diabetes.”

Because I watched reruns of Laverne & Shirley over and over again (and happened to love when they moved to Burbank, and partly because we got Rhonda), it’s weird knowing that this is now a world without Laverne from Laverne & Shirley in it. But Penny Marshall was so much more than Laverne.

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