The beloved Garry Marshall who has been making us laugh as an actor, director, writer and producer passed today at 5PM PT following complication of pneumonia which occurred after a stroke!!!

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Representatives for Garry Marshall, Michelle Bega confirmed Marshall passed at a hospital in Burbank, California at age 81, CelebNHealth247.com learned.

Hollywood mourns the passing of one of the biggest comedy hit-makers, Garry Marshall.  The amazing director is most likely best known for Lavern and Shirley, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Happy Days and most recently Mother’s Day. Garry Marshall was known for his warm personality to those he met and worked with.  As a comedian he had some of the best lines for his films that delivered perfectly.

A New York Native, Marshall had shared how his parents encouraged his humor.  The Director of the Princess Diaries said, “My mother was special, she gave us our humor.” Marshall went on to say, “I remember her saying, never be boring.  You gotta entertain people. And at 16 years old, I didn’t know what boring meant. I said, what is boring, Ma?  She said, Your father.”

The creator of The Odd Couple which was his first television hit in 1970 actually started in show business it the late 1950’s as a joke writer.  Marshall worked his way up to a writer on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.  Marshall who also went on to create some of our favorite TV sitcoms, Happy Day, Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy.  His sister, Penny Marshall starred in Laverne and Shirley.  He also introduced the late Robin Williams in Mork and Mindy.

Garry Marshall cast his longtime friend Hector Elizondo on all he film’s he has ever made. The roles varied from Major to even uncredited cameos.  He frequently cast Patrick Richwood and Larry Miller.  He also had a tradition of showing baseball scenes or scenes that were relative to the sport in many of his movies.

When Garry Marshall directed a film it was like a family affair.  Not only did he use his good friends, but cast his wife in a cameo in Mother’s Day.  Marshall was close Julia Roberts which he directed in four of his films.  Kate Hudson and his family were so close that Kate got to yell “Action” when he was directing her mom, Goldie Hawn who starred in Overboard.  He had Kate in Raising Helen and Mother’s Day.  Marshall told USA Today that he had Kate Hudson’s son on his lap when she was filming Mother’s Day.  Marshall said, “It’s all circles. I know the family. I see them grow.”

His films will live on with all of us. Thank you sir for all that you’ve given us. You will be missed.

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