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Several veterans of cancelled television shows left us in April. Some worked in front of the cameras while others worked behind the scenes. Either way, they contributed to the medium in significant ways.

Those that have passed away include Thomas Braden (Eight Is Enough, Crossfire), Dan Miller (The Pat Sajak Show, Miller & Company), Wendy Blair (Three's Company, The Ropers, Three's A Crowd, What A Country, and I Married Dora), Jim Hutchison (Hawaii Five-o, Magnum P.I., and Jake And The Fatman), Marilyn Cooper (Alice, Kate And Allie, Cheers, Law & Order, The Nanny, and Caroline In The City), Kim Weiskopf (One Day At A Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, What's Happening Now!!, Full House, and Married With Children), Bea Arthur (Maude, The Golden Girls), and Nora O'Brien (Stargate Sg-1, Stargate Atlantis, Kings, The Philanthropist, Parenthood, and Bionic Woman).

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Thomas Braden passed away on April 3rd. He was...

Tony Award-winning actress Marilyn Cooper has died, aged 74.

Cooper died on Wednesday night in Englewood, New Jersey, her friend actress Virginia Seidel, has confirmed. No cause of death had been revealed as WENN went to press.

The celebrated star performed on the New York stage for 25 years as an ensemble member, understudy and leading lady, and landed her Broadway debut in 1956 as a chorus girl in musical Mr. Wonderful.

Cooper won the Tony in 1981 as best featured actress for her performance in musical Woman of the Year, based on the 1942 Katharine Hepburn movie.

She also played Rosalia in the original cast of West Side Story and created the ensemble role of Agnes in Arthur Laurents' Broadway play Gypsy.

Cooper has no immediate survivors.

We've added new images in from Screen Media Films' comedy "Smother," starring Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Rachel Cannon, Ken Howard, Don Lake, Steven Christopher Parker and Ron Butler. Vince Di Meglio directs and writes the film alongside Tim Rasmussen. Di Meglio made his directorial debut on 2000's "Deadfall." See all the images in the gallery. Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah (Dax Shepard) to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it’s time to “take a break”, and shows up on Noah’s doorstep with bags and five foster dogs in tow. Already having lost his job, hosting an unwelcome houseguest (Mike White) on his couch, and facing pressure from his wife Clare (Liv Tyler) to...

We've added new images in from Screen Media Films' comedy "Smother," starring Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Rachel Cannon, Ken Howard, Don Lake, Steven Christopher Parker and Ron Butler. Vince Di Meglio directs and writes the film alongside Tim Rasmussen. Di Meglio made his directorial debut on 2000's "Deadfall." Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah (Dax Shepard) to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it’s time to “take a break”, and shows up on Noah’s doorstep...

We've added new images in from Screen Media Films' comedy "Smother," starring Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Rachel Cannon, Ken Howard, Don Lake, Steven Christopher Parker and Ron Butler. Vince Di Meglio directs and writes the film alongside Tim Rasmussen. Di Meglio made his directorial debut on 2000's "Deadfall." Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah (Dax Shepard) to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it’s time to “take a break”, and shows up on Noah’s doorstep...