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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(122,338 posts) Fri May 2, 2025, 07:39 PM 15 hrs ago

Ruth Buzzi, who played a purse-wielding spinster on 'Laugh-In,' dies at 88

Ruth Buzzi, famous for her work as handbag-wielding spinster Gladys Ormphby on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," died Thursday, her family announced Friday. The Emmy-nominated actor was 88.

"Ruth Buzzi died peacefully in her sleep at home in Texas," read the note on Facebook. "She was in hospice care for several years with Alzheimer’s disease."

Buzzi's husband of more than 40 years, Kent Perkins, announced in July 2022 that she had suffered "devastating strokes" that left her bedridden and incapacitated.

"I am living with an attitude of gratitude for 43 years of marriage to my best friend, the greatest person I ever met, the one and only Ruth Buzzi," he wrote at the time on social media. "Her love for others knows no bounds, and she has spent a lifetime making people smile."

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/ruth-buzzi-played-purse-wielding-154727025.html

I didn't know she was still alive. RIP

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Ruth Buzzi, who played a purse-wielding spinster on 'Laugh-In,' dies at 88 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 15 hrs ago OP

I first saw her in a bit with Dom DeLuise The Blue Flower 14 hrs ago #1

R-I-P Ruth ... 😔🙏 nt Raine 13 hrs ago #2

She and Arte Johnson were why I loved "Laugh-In" DinahMoeHum 13 hrs ago #3

... littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #4

I like the tribute from her husband! calimary 12 hrs ago #5

The Blue Flower

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1. I first saw her in a bit with Dom DeLuise

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Fri May 2, 2025, 08:23 PM

14 hrs ago

Don't know which show it was. Some early 60s variety show. She was a character named Shegundalah and was a magician's assistant to Dom. She made an impression I've never forgotten, years before Laugh-In aired. A brilliant comedienne.