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kooth

(218 posts) Tue Dec 18, 2018, 03:09 PM Dec 2018

Marshall died Monday at her Hollywood Hills home due to complications from diabetes, her publicist confirmed in a statement.

She parlayed her fame into a career directing crowd-pleasing movies such as “Big” and “A League of Their Own,” making her the first woman to helm movies that earned more than $100 million.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/12/18/penny-marshall-star-of-laverne-shirley-and-director-of-films-such-as-big-dies-at-75/?utm_term=.f60b95f7429d