{"id":183674,"date":"2023-01-30T19:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T00:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=183674"},"modified":"2023-01-30T19:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T00:34:15","slug":"just-in-laverne-shirley-star-cindy-williams-dead-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/just-in-laverne-shirley-star-cindy-williams-dead-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Laverne &#038; Shirley&#8217; Star Cindy Williams Dead at 75"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; Cindy Williams, who played Shirley in the popular sitcom &#8220;Laverne &amp; Shirley,&#8221; has passed away, according to her family.<\/p>\n<p>She died at the age of 75 in Los Angeles after a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed,&#8221; the statement says. \u201cKnowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. 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