Anderson flipped the script on the dumb blonde stereotype with her breakout role on the CBS sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati."

Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio stations empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy WKRP in Cincinnati, has died. The star passed away on Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.

Burt Reynolds' ex wife and former WKRP in Cincinnati star Loni Anderson has died. She was 79. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother," Anderson's family said in a statement to the Associated Press on Sunday,