Blonde bombshell, actress Loni Anderson, has died just days before she would have turned 80. Anderson was best known as her character Jennifer Marlowe, the receptionist of the fictional radio station “WKRP.” Her publicist said that Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital after a prolonged illness, The Associated Press reported.

Loni Anderson rose to fame for refusing to portray the stereotypical "dumb blonde" character on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati."

Loni Anderson, best known for her role as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on '70s and '80s sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died at age 79.