According to his publicist and the Associated Press, Marshall passed away in a Burbank hospital after developing pneumonia while recovering from a stroke.
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Marshall said in an interview that he began writing as a young man “because I was sick all the time… when you’re sick in bed there’s not much you can do”.
Hawn said: “Thank you Gary for Overboard and all the films you made that had humanity, humour and goodness that lifted our spirits”.
Marshall also created “Laverne & Shirley” in 1976 and “Mork & Mindy” in 1978, and was among the creators of the TV hit “The Odd Couple” in 1970.
A memorial is being planned for his birth anniversary on November 13. I love you. On the wings on angels, rest now. I hope I get to go where you are, ‘ Kutcher wrote.
He was also a memorable actor, starring in ’90s films such as “Soapdish” and “A League of Their Own” and serving as micro-managing network president Stan Lansing on TV’s “Murphy Brown”. We lost a attractive man and masterful story teller. Each moment I spent with Garry on the set of Mother’s Day was ideal, and is something I am so honored to have experienced. He also transformed Neil Simon’s play “The Odd Couple” into yet another hit sitcom for ABC.
And Danny Baker tweeted an entertaining snippet of trivia: That Marshall’s memoirs were entitled Wake Me When It’s amusing: ‘what Sid Caeser growled as he handed back GM’s script (unread) before a TV show’.
For veteran actor Gere, Marshall was a “mentor”.
Famed director and producer Garry Marshall has died.
Happy Days then spawned Laverne and Shirley, which Marshall created with Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman, and Mork and Mindy, which Marshall created with Dale McRaven and Joe Glauberg.
The romantic comedy grossed $463 million worldwide and landed Julia a Best Actress Oscar nomination for playing a hooker with a heart of gold.
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Perhaps Marshall’s greatest cinematic achievement came with the 1990’s rom-com Pretty Woman, which starred Julia Roberts as a Hollywood-based sex worker who develops a relationship with a corporate impresario and client played by Richard Gere. In the 80s and 90s, he branched out into movies, making two of the most beloved staples of girls’ nights in: Bette Midler’s schlocky celebration of female friendship, Beaches, and Pretty Woman, a film as freakish for its sexual politics as it is irresistible. Among his final credits was “Mother’s Day”, a film released last April starring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Roberts.
