Following conflicting experiences relating to her loss of life, actress Tanya Roberts died Monday at age 65. Her associate, Lance O’Brien, confirmed her death on Tuesday.
Roberts was hospitalized after collapsing on Christmas Eve and later positioned on a ventilator. On Jan. 3, her publicist, Mike Pingel, mistakenly introduced her loss of life to the media, main a number of information shops to prematurely publish obituaries, solely to learn that she was nonetheless alive. Pingel later attributed the error to a communication error between himself and O’Brien.
After starring in a number of movies, Roberts’ declare to fame arrived in 1980, when she changed Shelley Hack on the fifth season of Charlie’s Angels. One in every of her most memorable roles of all time got here in 1985, when she starred as Bond woman Stacey Sutton reverse Roger Moore in A View to Kill. Roberts additionally acted in movies equivalent to The Beastmaster, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, and Physique Slam.
She ultimately turned identified to a complete new technology when she starred as Midge Pinciotti, Donna’s (Laura Prepon) kooky mom, on That ’70s Show. Her final look on display screen was in an episode of Showtime’s 2005 comedy Barbershop.
Roberts is survived by O’Brien and her sister, Barbara Chase.