# RIP Linda Lavin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, celebrity-death\
**Created:** [December 30, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350 "2024-12-30T17:27:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350/21 "2024-12-31T00:32:40Z")

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I almost mentioned her in the Abe Vigita (people you are suprised are still alive) thread after seeing that she was in _No Good Deeds_, which was released on December 14th.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350/22 "2024-12-31T00:51:28Z")

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Yeah, coincidentally my wife and I were watching No Good Deed last night, and we remarked how we didn’t know she was still around, but that she looked good and it was nice to see her still working.

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350/23 "2025-01-02T00:00:40Z")

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That leaves only the part-time waitresses as surviving cast members. Beth Howland (Vera) died in 2015. Vic Tayback died in 1990. Polly Holliday and Celia Weston were only in 90 episodes each out of 202 total episodes (though both are still alive currently).

Even Phillip McKeon, who played Alice’s son Tommy, died in 2019.

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**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350/24 "2025-01-02T00:36:24Z")

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Don’t forget Diane Ladd, who played Flo in the original movie _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_, but also appeared in 22 episodes of the sitcom as Belle, who was the first replacement for Polly Holliday. She is still living as well.

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