Linda Lavin, Alice and Broadway Star, Dead at 87

I know why don't we do it here you mean your boss might open the diner for us listen for a chance to feed 20 parents he'd open his grandfather's tomb I'm real interested in women who walk through fire and come outstanding women who who find themselves in situations they never thought they would and find a resource within within themselves to to to tackle that adversity today stage and Screen icon Linda Lavin has died Linda's reps say her death follows a recent lung cancer diagnosis she was 87 years [Music] old early to rly to Linda became

a television Legend thanks to her groundbreaking sitcom Alice the Title Character gave a voice to bluecollar single moms for nine Seasons she was just passing through but if things work out she's going to stay I think we've probably raised about five or six generations of children since the show was first on with reruns we just need to keep telling stories of women and single mothers and equality of pay or the lack of equality of pay we still need to be focusing on women's issues however we can alongside Linda's TV Fame was her fans on Broadway

a theater Mainstay for decades Linda took home a Tony Award in 1987 I am proud and grateful and excited and fulfilled in a way that's hard to articulate is it too much to want a fresh start is it too much to hope for a clean palette h i look at that sofa I know it was cream when we bought it Linda worked until the very end her most recent TV series Netflix is no good deed dropping just weeks before her death but I can promise you it was just a raccoon last night Paul went and

checked oh well Paul lied because it was no raccoon check your AOL I often choose pieces of material and songs to sing that have to do with who I am now what my life is about now it's sometimes an unconscious choice and sometimes it's conscious to do what work to do material that represents and says who I am what I care about what my life is about [Music]