Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.

She received two Emmy noms for being "the smartest person in the room" on the CBS sitcom and tons of tabloid attention for her 1988-94 marriage to Burt Reynolds.

Loni Anderson, the bombshell of WKRP in Cincinnati, has died after a “prolonged illness.” She was 79. Her publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, confirmed the actor’s passing to the Associated Press. “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” her family said in a statement.