R.I.P.
It's Not a Bad Dream: Suzanne Pleshette Dies

Posted Jan 20th 2008 2:45AM by TMZ Staff

TV wife Suzanne Pleshette died at her home in Los Angeles last night at age 70, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Just last September, while undergoing treatment, she appeared at a 35th anniversary event celebrating "The Bob Newhart Show."

Suzanne was married in 2001 to "Newhart" actor Tom Poston, who died in 2007.

Pleshette got a really big break in 1963, when Alfred Hitchcock cast her in "The Birds." She married heartthrob Troy Donahue the following year. Her most unforgettable appearance, however, was in the classic final episode of "Newhart," when she rolled over and revealed that the whole show had been a dream.

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1. was she a smoker?

Posted at 9:00AM on Jan 20th 2008 by RoughDaddy

2. TMZ you people are just plain heartless.
Some of your headings on the obits are just terrible and insensitive. You are a buch of losers. All of you that work there.
GET A LIFE WILL YA. Especially that loser that hosts your stupid show.

Posted at 9:24AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Jeff

3. She was a babe in her day.

Posted at 9:27AM on Jan 20th 2008 by FlBiker

4. RIP Suzanne. Thanks for the memories. You will live in our hearts forever

Posted at 9:34AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Really now

5. Maybe Nickeoldeon or TV Land and AMC will do a tribute, for her TV roles as well as her movies. Suzanne, thanks for the laughs and the memories. You will be missed. SMOOCH!

Posted at 9:38AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Scott In Salem

6. The world is less classier today. Your wit, beauty and earthiness will be missed by many.
RIP

Posted at 9:41AM on Jan 20th 2008 by pam

7. That's a regular shame. She was so much fun. Remember, she was in "The Birds" too. And her TV movie where she played Leona Helmsley was brutal and a riot. A great gal.

Posted at 9:44AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Christopher

8. Speaking of which, I just heard of a bizarre incident that took place over the past summer when a half a dozen writers and prducers from "The Colbert Report" began stalking a 50-year-old gay man in New York City's West Village dressed in a range of outlandish costumes worn over a period of four months. The incident started off as a mild prank but quickly turned vicious because one of the Colbert Report producers always has to come out "on top."

Posted at 9:45AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Randy

9. RIP Suzanne, your back with Tom now, peace.

Posted at 9:54AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Kelli

10. What a beautifully written headline, TMZ-- for a very sad moment in our pop culture history. Really, it seems like a bad dream. From The Birds to The Ugly Dachshund to, of coarse, our Emliy, Suzanne played a sophisticated coolness that was also the epitome of warmth & good humor. For those of us lucky enough to have grown up watching her Saturday nights, a dear friend has left us. We loved her personality, her dark & sexy beauty and of course the voice. She's ours forever on film, thank God-- but our world seems a little more like an emptying house party right now. One that was full of fun-- with your favorite people leaving before the evening was over, much too soon. I've had the pleasure of meeting many of my favorite stars in my life, Ms. Pleshette unfortunately was not one of them. Although it wasn't for trying-- I bought several an expensive lunch at The Grill in Beverly Hills after hearing it was her favorite place to eat. Much thanks, our dear Suzanne-- for the years of fabulous work. We love you dearly and pray your journey is a blessed one in the hereafter as it was on this earth. How strange it is to cry tears for someone never met-- that's a powerful soul, folks.

Posted at 9:58AM on Jan 20th 2008 by ScottsdaleSean

11. Jeff-- sometimes I'm in complete agreement with you, but I think you missed TMZ's intention completely. The headline referred completely & thoroughly to the Newhart episode in which Suzanne reprised her role as Emily Hartly in the final episode. Brilliantly written & performed, it's hands-down the best final episode in television history. Bob awakens from a psuedo bad-dream and there's our Suzanne. TMZ was only linking the two in what I thought was a lovely, albiet sad way.

Posted at 9:59AM on Jan 20th 2008 by ScottsdaleSean

12. LOVED HER!!! She was awesome. RIP Suzanne.

Posted at 10:00AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Bobby

13. i heard she was a smoker, RoughDaddy.

Posted at 10:06AM on Jan 20th 2008 by jen jen

14. unfortunate,,,either way jen!!

Posted at 10:08AM on Jan 20th 2008 by RoughDaddy

15. How sad. She truly was a talented woman and she had class, someone the young uns in Hollywood could have learned a thing or two from. The hours of laughter you gave us will live on as will your memory, rest in peace with Tom.

Posted at 10:09AM on Jan 20th 2008 by Lekili

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