Article continues below advertisementHow Loni Anderson Met Burt ReynoldsSource: MEGABurt Reynolds' ex-wife Loni Anderson died on August 3.Loni Anderson's whirlwind marriage to Burt Reynolds resurfaced after her death.On August 3, Anderson's longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, confirmed that the WKRP in Cincinnati star died at a Los Angeles hospital following a "prolonged" illness. She died just days before what would have been her 80th birthday.Her death follows that of Reynolds, who died of a heart attack on September 6, 2018.