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Sore back keeps actress Loni Anderson from her 'Walk of Fame' event
A program to honor the Minnesota native will be rescheduled to a future date
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A program set for tonight to honor Loni Anderson as the third member of Minnesota Proud's "Walk of Fame" has been scrubbed because the actress has back trouble, said Robert Roessel, project director.
The program called "An Evening with Loni Anderson" was scheduled to be at the St. Paul Hotel, but it will be held at a later date after her star and those of celebrities Marion Ross of "Happy Days" and Tippi Hedren who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," are embedded in the Hennepin Avenue sidewalk between 8th and 9th streets, Roessel said.
A contractor is to arrive in Minneapolis this week to determine how to proceed with the "Walk of Fame," a project to honor Minnesotans who have earned national and international recognition in the entertainment and film/television industry, Roessel said.
Anderson, who may be best known for her role as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," is a former Miss Roseville and was runner-up as Miss Minnesota in 1964. She attended Alexander Ramsey High School and has acted locally at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres and Old Log Theatre in addition to her Hollywood resume.
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Loni Anderson?????
I get it, but shouldn't she be somewhere down on the list like maybe 50th? James Arness (Aurness) of Gunsmoke fame and his brother Peter … read more Graves (Aurness) of Mission Impossible should probably be 2 of the first considered. I haven't even seen a list with their names on it. Both brothers were born in Minneapolis. Gunsmoke was on television from 1955 to 1975 for crying out loud, then stopped because the actors grew tired of doing it. We are all aware of the enormous popularity of Mission Impossible. Peter was also cast in Stalag 17, the TV series Fury, and more than 70 films. Will someone tell me "What in the wild world of sports" is going on with this "award"?????
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