Why the late Cindy Williams of ‘Laverne & Shirley’ holds a special place in Milwaukee’s heart

MILWAUKEE — Cindy Williams, greatest recognized for taking part in Shirley Feeney within the sitcom “Laverne & Shirley”, handed away on the age of 75, her household introduced Monday.

Williams’ function on the long-lasting present is well-known to the Metropolis of Milwaukee. Her character, Shirley, and co-star Penny Marshall’s character Laverne, fictitiously lived on Milwaukee’s east aspect and labored on the Shotz Brewery within the Fifties for a number of seasons. It ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. The present about the most effective mates and roommates was a spin-off of “Completely happy Days,” which additionally occurred in Milwaukee. In response to our companions at OnMilwaukee, Williams visited Milwaukee in 2008 for the disclosing of the Bronze Fonz statue.

Over at Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee, the Laverne & Shirley theme track “stays an elemental half” of their tour expertise.

“She (Williams) and Penny Marshall, who performed Laverne and handed in 2018, maintain a particular place in our hearts. The bottling line on the fictitious Shotz Brewery they labored at was a part of the Schlitz bottling line which we truly used to bottle Lakefront after Schlitz went below,” Lakefront Brewery shared on Fb on Monday. “Thanks for taking part in an enormous function in framing and reinforcing Milwaukee’s whimsical tradition. Cheers, Cindy! We’ll maintain doing it our approach.”

In 2020, Badger Bus hosted a “Laverne & Shirley’s Milwaukee” tour that took individuals to a number of stops made well-known within the present. One of many stops was on the Lakefront Brewery. It additionally took you bowling, out for custard, and included a cease on the Milwaukee Metropolis Corridor (the opening shot of the sitcom).

In response to the Related Press, Williams died in Los Angeles after a short sickness.

“The passing of our variety, hilarious mom, Cindy Williams, has introduced us insurmountable unhappiness that would by no means really be expressed,” an announcement by her youngsters Zak and Emily Hudson mentioned. “Figuring out and loving her has been our pleasure and privilege. She was certainly one of a sort, stunning, beneficiant and possessed an excellent humorousness and a glittering spirit that everybody liked.”

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