Penny Marshall, 'Big' director, 'Laverne & Shirley' star, dead at 75 – Yahoo Entertainment
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My Mother Was Nuts.’ data-reactid=”40″>In the late 2000s, Marshall, a heavy smoker, confirmed she’d been diagnosed with lung cancer that had metastasized to the brain. But she denied tabloid reports that she was on death’s door (“They made up s***,” she said), and declared herself “fine” as she promoted her 2012 memoir, My Mother Was Nuts.
At the time of her death, Penny Marshall was in postproduction on a documentary profiling eccentric ex-basketball star Dennis Rodman, which is slated for release in 2019, according to IMDb.
Marshall and Williams reunited occasionally over the years, including a 2004 appearance for the joint unveiling of their Hollywood Walk of Fame stars. “I always thought I was a doormat — I let people walk on me,” Marshall was quoted as saying at the ceremony. “Now I’m a piece of cement. It’s harder, but it’s got a star on it.”
