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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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106. Thanks for the laughs "Emily"....you were apprecitated and you will be missed. Talk to Johnny Grant up there about getting your Hollywood Star up in Heaven instead!! RIP.

Posted at 8:40PM on Jan 20th 2008 by MJN

107. Don't smoke kids.

Posted at 8:50PM on Jan 20th 2008 by toomanydoggies

108. Rest In Peace, this was a great great lady....she will be missed.

Posted at 9:38PM on Jan 20th 2008 by malibu barbie

109. A beautiful lady, class, class, class!! RIP Suzanne!!!

Posted at 9:22PM on Jan 20th 2008 by kennedy

110. Suzanne will be missed. She was a beautiful person.

Posted at 5:41PM on Jan 21st 2008 by AJ

111. 3 words for you Winky and Size Zero Trophy Wife: Get A Grip! I don't always agree with everything Lenn K posts but he has not said anything that other posters haven't touched on. Why all the venom? So he grades Paris harshly while others soft-soap them all day long. So?? And Lenn K. (at the risk of being flirtatious with you, LOL) I am very happy that there are some people out there that aren't afraid to support their military and their country. Thanks for that. Chin up!

Posted at 9:41PM on Jan 20th 2008 by mariah

112. So sad to hear this news today...she was great on the Bob Newhart show and she will be truly missed.
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to her family...
All of you people who have all of these horrible things to say to each other should do it somewhere else...
Life is way to brief and we should all try to be kind to one another.

Posted at 9:54PM on Jan 20th 2008 by Liz

113. I really loved her. She will truly be missed.

Posted at 10:03PM on Jan 20th 2008 by Chris Curry

114. I LOVED her on TBNS!!! And that last episode of "Newhart" (where they were actually spoofing Bobby's return on "Dallas") was just brilliant-- classic TV for the ages. What a classy dame she was!

Posted at 11:18PM on Jan 20th 2008 by cubalibre

115. Sorry to hear that she has been battling lung cancer. She was on television back when it was decent and entertaining.

Posted at 1:15AM on Jan 21st 2008 by TAB

116. 11. 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
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Way back when... yes, Hollywood had stars with class and character. Suzanne was one such dame. Classy. Talented. Fun to watch her acting. And she had morals to be proud of!

Posted at 2:03AM on Jan 21st 2008 by worth a repost

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WELL GEE TMZ ~ NICE WAY TO SLIDE THIS IN LATE!!! I SEE YOU TRIED TO PUT IT BEFORE THE "FLABULOUS" ARTICLE. IT WASN'T HERE IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING (AHEM... AS IN 4:00 AM).
I NOTICED YOUR FIRST POSTER HERE DIDN'T EVEN POST UNTIL 9:00 AM, YET YOU PUT IT UP LIKE IT WAS ANNOUNCED AT 2:45 AM.

I HAVE LOST WHAT LITTLE RESPECT I HAD LEFT FOR YOU, TMZ

R.I.P. SUZANNE ~ YOU WERE A CLASS ACT ALL THE WAY AND ONE OF THE TRUE HOLLYWOOD TALENTS.


Posted at 2:06AM on Jan 21st 2008 by Bite Me...

118. She was just fab as Leona Helmsley in the Queen of Mean.

Posted at 3:45AM on Jan 21st 2008 by Bandolero

119. TOTAL CLASS ACT !!!!!!.......SHE WILL BE MISSED !!!!!!!!! R.I.P.

Posted at 4:42AM on Jan 21st 2008 by BoBo

120. What a class act..she will be missed. Annie, in The Birds - such a great performance. RIP Suzanne.

Posted at 7:02AM on Jan 21st 2008 by Just Me

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