Suzanne Pleshette, Jan. 19, age
70: The sexy, husky-voiced Pleshette was half of TV's comic "dream
team," paired with Bob Newhart as his wife on "The Bob
Newhart Show" in the '70s, as the voice of reason amid the off-kilter
characters on the show. She had struggled with lung
... morecancer for years but
remained active and close to her longtime co-stars. She met her future husband,
Tom Poston, in the '50s, though didn't marry him until 40 years later. (Poston
died in April 2007.) One of her last public appearances was in September 2007,
when she appeared with the cast members of "The Bob Newhart Show" and, though
frail, was looking happy and holding hands with Newhart. "He has been absolutely
wonderful," Pleshette told USA Today of Newhart at the tribute. And so, we might
say, was she.
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