Ruth Buzzi, best known for comedy sketches on "Laugh-In", dies at 88.

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Ruth Buzzi, comedy sketch player on groundbreaking series 'Laugh-In,' dies at 88

Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances, has died at age 88.

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Los Angeles – Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died at age 88.

Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, says her agent Mike Eisenstadt. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was in hospice care. Shortly before her death, her husband, Kent Perkins, had posted a statement on Buzzi's Facebook page, thanking her many fans and telling them: “She wants you to know she probably had more fun doing those shows than you had watching them.”...

 

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Ruth Buzzi, comedy sketch player on groundbreaking series ‘Laugh-In,’ dies at 88

Buzzi rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.”

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I liked her.