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BREAKING - Tanya Roberts Dead at 65

posted 3 years ago by TMC-4 (19386)
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https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/03/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-sheena-that-70s-show-bond-girl/

Tanya Roberts -- a one-time Bond girl and cult classic '80s star -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

Tanya's rep tells TMZ, she was on a walk with her dogs on Christmas Eve and when she returned home she collapsed. She was taken to the hospital and put on a ventilator but never got better. We're told it was NOT COVID-related. Tanya died today.

In the days leading up to her collapse, we're told Tanya appeared perfectly healthy ... even doing video chats for her fans.

Tanya was a go-to model and actress in her heyday -- so much so, she even appeared as one of the Bond girls, Stacey Sutton, in "A View to a Kill," opposite Roger Moore.

She also starred in campy adventure fantasy flicks like "Sheena" and "The Beastmaster," plus a bunch of raunchy comedies, slashers movies and action/erotica B-films like "Sins of Desire," "Legal Tender," "Deep Down," "Inner Sanctum," "Night Eyes," "Almost Pregnant," "Favorite Deadly Sins" and "Tourist Trap," plus several others. All in all, she has 41 acting credits to her name dating back to '70s.

Speaking of that era, she might best remembered as Donna Pinciotti's mom, Midge, on "That '70s Show" -- who was always getting ogled by the boys in the neighborhood. Tanya was portrayed as a dumb blonde, who eventually left her TV family and the show entirely to deal with her hubby's real-life illness.

Tanya also had a year-long stint on the old "Charlie's Angels" show, in which she played Julie Rogers ... a side character who helped the Angels solve crimes. She also helped launch the TV series 'Mike Hammer' after starring as a secretary in the made-for-TV movie, but declined a part in the show that followed.

Of course, Tanya was also a successful model. She'd posed for Playboy, as well as for a ton of TV commercials. She did ads for Excedrin, Ultra Brite, Clairol and Cool Ray sunglasses.

She was married to Barry Roberts for several years before his death in 2006. They didn't have any children. Tanya is survived by her current husband, Lance, and her sister Barbara Chase.

She was 65.

RIP

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[–] TMC-4 (19386) 3 years ago

Tanya Roberts' longtime boyfriend learned she was still alive while discussing her "death" with Inside Edition

https://people.com/movies/tanya-roberts-domestic-partner-lance-obrien-finds-out-shes-alive-mid-interview/

Lance O’Brien, who had been misidentified as the former That '70s Show and Charlie's Angels star's husband, was taping an interview with Inside Edition when he received a call that Roberts -- whom he has been in a relationship with for 18 years -- was still alive. “Now, you are telling me she’s alive?" he said. "The hospital is telling me she is alive. They are calling me from the ICU team." O'Brien said he was led to believe Roberts had died because he spent Sunday with her during what he believed were her final hours. "When she saw me and I was there, I saw her eyes open," he said. "I felt good. I said, 'Hey, her eyes are opening. Her eyes are opening.' They told me that's just a reflex." Meanwhile, Roberts' PR rep, who Mike Pingel, who had to backtrack on the death announcement, tells People O'Brien "is still distraught and exhausted."

[–] TMC-4 (19386) 3 years ago

Tanya Roberts' Charlie's Angels co-star Jaclyn Smith pays tribute

https://tvline.com/2021/01/05/tanya-roberts-dies-charlies-angels-jaclyn-smith-obituary/

Following confirmation that the former Charlie's Angels and That '70s Show star died last night at age 65 following a false death report on Monday, Smith posted an Instagram tribute to her former co-star. “Tanya joined #CharliesAngels for the final season, closing it out as it was initially intended with a red head, a brunette and a blonde," she wrote. "She brought joy to so many people and had a career spanning decades. Good bye angel, Rest In Peace.” Roberts died from a urinary tract infection that spread to her kidney, gallbladder, liver and bloodstream after being hospitalized on Dec. 23 -- not Christmas Eve, as originally reported.