70s sitcom icon Linda Lavin dies age 87 after lung cancer diagnosis
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Star of sitcom Alice and Broadway icon Linda Lavin has died aged 87, confirms her representatives. Lavin, who started her career as a child stage actor, died unexpectedly on December 29 from complications linked to her recent lung cancer diagnosis. Her death comes as a shock as months before she was spotted out and about in Los Angeles, looking well in a long blue dress and white shirt.
She had been working recently, promoting her new Netflix series No Good Deed as well as filming comedy series Mid-Century Modern. Lavin, who was born in Maine in 1937, started her career on the stage as a child and would go on to win a Tony Award for Broadway Bound in 1980.
![[Linda Lavin]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/shutterstock_editorial_12857774hd-800d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Her first Broadway roles began in the 1960s, including in It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman in 1968, for which she also received a Tony nod. She is better known for her sitcom Alice, based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, in which she stars as the titular Alice.
The show ran for nine seasons from 1976 until 1985 and earned Lavin two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Showcasing her talent, the leading lady also performed the show’s theme song, There’s a New Girl in Town. Two years after Alice ended, Lavin returned to her Broadway roots for the first time in a decade and starred in shows including Broadway Bound, The Sisters Rosenweig and The Diary of Anne Frank.
![[LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 1: Alice, a CBS television situation comedy, about characters who work and dine at Mel's Diner. January 1, 1983. Pictured is Linda Lavin (as Alice Hyatt, waitress). (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_220120551-f8ff.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
