He was in a Burbank, California, hospital. The latest popular entertainer to leave us is beloved comedy legend Garry Marshall. In the 1960s, he wrote for television shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show.
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Garry, who was a former journalist, first found success in 1970 when he and his writing partner turned the Broadway show The Odd Couple into a TV series. The sitcom starring Jack Klugman and Tony Randall aired for five seasons.
Marshall was the older brother of Penny Marshall, who played the unrefined but lovable Laverne DeFazio on “Laverne & Shirley”, a “Happy Days” sequel he co-created that ran on the ABC network from 1976 to 1983.
Members of the film industry mourned Marshall’s death on social media. His film Pretty Woman transformed Julia Roberts into America’s Sweetheart all but overnight in the ’90s – and in 2001, The Princess Diaries, which he directed, catapulted Anne Hathaway, then 18, into Hollywood superstardom. That is what director Garry Marshall had in mind when he paid homage to his own mother through the movie.
“Garry Marshall gave me one of the best experiences I ever had in my career”, actor Jason Alexander tweeted.
Movie star Richard Gere said in a statement: “He was a mentor and a cheerleader. he had a heart of the purest gold and a soul full of mischief”. “He was a dear friend and colleague.generous to a fault”, Andrews told Entertainment Tonight. My heart goes out to Barbara and the entire family. “He created things that made us feel good because he just wanted people around him to be happy”.
Garry Marshall with sister and actress-director Penny Marshall at the TV Land Awards in June 2008. Thank you for my professional life. “Thank you for taking a chance on me”.
His work extended beyond the silver screen, too, penning scripts and overseeing production on both Mork and Mindy and Happy Days.
The Odd Couple’s many lives.
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His last three directing credits, star-studded ensemble comedies “Valentine’s Day” (2010), “New Year’s Eve” (2011) and this year’s “Mother’s Day“, were panned by critics but Marshall got the last laugh, scooping healthy box office numbers.
