Tributes for Linda Lavin pour in after the Tony-award winner and star of Alice dies at age 87
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Sarah Paulson and Patricia Heaton were among those paying tribute to Broadway star and sitcom actress Linda Lavin following her passing at age 87. Paulson, 50, who starred opposite Lavin on Broadway's Collected Stories, posted a slew of selfies accompanied by sweet messages about the star.
![[Patricia Heaton was also among the celebs paying tribute to Linda; pictured with Lavin in 2003]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/17/93590329-14236719-image-m-10_1735579014986.jpg)
'I love you forever,' she wrote alongside a photo booth shot of the duo. She also included a picture of them taking their bows following a performance of Collected Stories. 'One of the great honors of my life,' Paulson remarked. '(I wasn't very good, she was brilliant),' she added.
![[One of the photos Paulson shared appeared to have been taken from her recent 50th birthday party, which was attended by Lavin]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/17/93591191-14236719-image-a-2_1735578829194.jpg)
One of the photos Paulson shared appeared to have been taken from her recent 50th birthday bash, which was attended by Lavin. She dated the photo December 14, 2024. 'I love you so,' Paulson wrote in the snap of her, Lavin, and another friend. Sarah Paulson was among those paying tribute to Broadway star and sitcom actress Linda Lavin following her passing at age 87.
![[Paulson praised her former co-star's loyalty]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/17/93591165-14236719-image-a-4_1735578837889.jpg)
Patricia Heaton was also among the celebs paying tribute to Linda; pictured with Lavin in 2003. Paulson added Lavin was 'always showing up for me' as she shared a snap of them taken earlier this year. Heaton, 66, starred opposite Lavin in the 1987 sitcom A Room For Two, praised the actress as a 'true friend' and 'total force of nature' as she took to X to mourn the loss.
![[She gushed about working with Lavin on Collected Stories as 'one of the great honors of my life']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/17/93591171-14236719-image-a-3_1735578833821.jpg)
While A Room For Two, which Heaton described as her 'first major TV' role, last for just two seasons, their friendship endured, and they even had dinner together just a few months ago. 'I'm down here in my basement looking through some old photos and ran across some pictures of me and my dear friend Linda Lavin,' she said in the video. 'She was such a legend. The first major role in television I had was playing her daughter in a short-lived but wonderful show called A Room For Two. She was my mentor, my guardian angel.
![[Heaton remembered her friend and former co-star in a video posted to X]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/17/93590335-14236719-image-a-5_1735578844418.jpg)
