Laverne and Shirley were portrayed by Marshall and Williams respectively.
REUTERS/Jim Ruymen JR/File PhotoJan 30 (Reuters) - Cindy Williams, who played Shirley alongside Penny Marshall's Laverne in "Laverne & Shirley," one of the most popular U.S. TV shows of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at 75, the AP reported on Monday, citing a statement from her family.
"The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed," they said.
"Laverne & Shirley" followed as a spinoff, running for eight seasons with 178 total episodes from 1976 to 1983.
Marshall once described the success of "Laverne & Shirley" by saying: "We dared to be stupid."