Linda Lavin, Tonywinning Broadway actress who starred in the sitcom Alice, dies at 87
News Source : WRAL.com
News Summary
- Linda Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from lung cancer
- Lavin became a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner
- The show, with Lavin singing the theme song "There's a New Girl in Town," ran from 1976 to 1985
NEW YORK (AP) Linda Lavin, a Tony Awardwinning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paperhat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom Alice, has died. She was 87.Lavin died in Los Angeles on [+5022 chars]