Cindy Williams has died at the age of 75, her family has confirmed in a sad statement.
The actress, best known for her role on Happy Days and its spin-off show Laverne & Shirley, passed away following a brief illness, her two children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a note released through the family's spokeswoman Liza Cranis. She died on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The statement said: "The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed.