Ruth Buzzi is DEAD TO ME!

OMG. Yesterday evening Facebook gave me (through who knows what convoluted algorithms) a post from her account saying it was her husband writing, and that Ruth was withdrawing from posting because of health issues, and that we should all post photos of ourselves with her or happy memories we had of her. I wondered if she was long for this world. RIP Ruth!

I had no idea she was still alive.

Aww, she was a hoot and a holler! RIP

Ruth Buzzi Gets Righteous With Angie Dickinson | Dean Martin Celebrity Comedy Roast

Who’s the chin next to Ang? ^^

RIP, Ruth. She was a funny lady.

R4, That's the (late, gay) Earl Holliman.

Who will play Evita now?

[QUOTE]Who will play Evita now?

Jason Statham, Rose

The way most of us recall her (with Arte Johnson).

Same here, r1. After reading it, I showed my husband what she'd been posting lately and we talked fondly about her for a few minutes. How sad.

She was a woman of class and distinction.

She came from my homestate of Rhode Island. We were very proud of her when she hit it big.

Oh, how sad. She was active and wonderful. RIP

I used to watch her and Jim Nabors in "The Lost Saucer" on Saturday mornings. Even as a kid, I thought the show was incredibly stupid, but I'd still tune in every week.

Wasn’t there a thread about her just YESTERDAY?

R15, Yes, but this is a different thread, where we acknowledge her death. RIP She was lovely.

I remember there was a Saturday Morning cartoon based on the Gladys and Tyrone characters in the 70s.

But I also remember “The Lost Saucer” and her appearance in “The North Avenue Irregulars”.

RIP.

R15 I was the one who found a thread from last year and bumped it, with what her husband posted yesterday......

....and then she DIED.

Just a few hours later.

You have to be of a certain age to realize how huge Laugh-In was in its heyday.

was it try that she was blacklisted at one point?

I recently posted about her and Joanne Wooley still being alive, and now she's gone. I'm worried for Joanne now.

It’s Jo Anne Worley, R21.

And, somehow, Joanne Woodward still lives.

in a vegetative state

I loved her take off on Rona Barrett on Laugh-In......

DEAD!

ha ha ha

[quote]r12 = She came from my homestate of Rhode Island. We were very proud of her when she hit it big.

When this is the family business, you're going to end up with a sense of humor.

Aw, man! I remember watching her on Laugh In as a kid!

RIP, Ruth. Thanks for the memories.

Wasn’t she a MAGA? Or am I confusing her with someone else?

[quote]r30 = Wasn’t she a MAGA?

No.

Ruth Buzzi, Goldie Hawn, Nancy Sinatra and the cast of Laugh-In make it through the ‘60s:

I used to run into Ms. Buzzing in the supermarket on Fountain. I was new to L.A. and she was my first celeb close encounter.

Very sweet, friendly and always in full make up.

I wrote her a letter...

MARY!

Woman with Hat

Receptionist

Good Fairy

Aww, this is sad.

RIP

Susan Dey is not feeling good about this one.

Loved Ruth Buzzi!

Rest in Peace, Flicker Farkel. "Byyyyyyyyy."

Ms. Buzzi and friends

Truly one-of-a-kind mouth.

r34, flatterer!

R14 I swear to God, Sid and Marty Kroft must have been on psychedelic shrooms when they wrote all their shows.

A dorse?! Really?!

I did what I had to, r42, to get a signed pic.

In recent years "Ruthie" lived on a ranch in Texas and would post on Twitter — corny jokes and selfies — always wearing a cowboy hat. She was a sweetheart.

RIP!

And here we were just saying yesterday she didn’t have much time left. 😞

I've never heard of her, but I have heard of Laugh-In. I've never seen it, but I know it was a thing in the 60s.

Thank you for sharing, r48.

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In is available on many free streaming services. If you have a chance, take a look. It looks dated -- it is. But for a time it was must-see TV and people talked about the next day in the workplace. It was...of its time.

Ruth Ann Buzzi

Born July 24, 1936

Westerly, Rhode Island, U.S.

Died May 1, 2025 (aged 88)

Stephenville, Texas, U.S

RIP

She invited me to an Alzheimer benefit.

I said:"Forget about it"

She would love that joke, r52.

[quote]I remember there was a Saturday Morning cartoon based on the Gladys and Tyrone characters in the 70s.

Baggy Pants and the Nitwits!

To think that Ruth Buzzi as Flicker Farkel was channeling our Cheryl all those many years ago!

(See linked skit at R40)

R48 = Joey Luft

She also worked with cunt of all cunts Marlo Thomas on "That Girl."

She was a victim of the Salem Slasher on Days of our Lives.

Ruth Buzzi & JoAnne Worley Compilation | ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN

What kind of name is Buzzi?

Italian. It's actually pronounced "bootsy." Her father was from the Italian part of Switzerland.

Death socked it to her!

DL fave Leslie Uggams had weighed in

r56 most people alive today have no idea who Ruth Buzzi was.

R16, I was just remarking on how coincidental it was that we were speaking of her yesterday. Freaky!

I wasn’t complaining that there was already a thread.

Gee wiz.

[quote]Death socked it to her!

As it will sock it to us all, r62.

r64 - So?

R64 Most people alive today wouldn't comment on a thread about a dead person they'd never heard of yet here we are...

[quote]I've never heard of her, but I have heard of Laugh-In. I've never seen it, but I know it was a thing in the 60s.

She and Gary Owens were the only ones (other than Dan and Dick) who were on pretty much every single episode.

r67 has stated her boundaries.

I shouldn't be surprised by this anymore, but I still can't believe how old some of you are.

Well, R69, wait for the next forty years, what do you think the work will think of Britney Spears.

R69 I still can't believe you'd be so fucking stupid as to post on a thread about a dead celebrity you've never heard of. Laugh-In was before my time but I used to watch it on Nick at Night. I also wasn't born in the 1300s but I've heard of Chaucer. What's that bitch up to?

I hated Britney Spears 20 years ago r70.

It's just funny to me that an obscure actress from a forgotten show from 60 (!) years ago gets a big conversation here. It's wild.

Ruth Buzzi was a Trump supporter.

She was hilarious on Rowan and Martin's Laugh In. She sure did give her handbag a work out.

Brava to Leslie Uggams for a heartfelt and sincere response, even if it seemed (to me) to come out of left field.

I liked Lily Tomlin better on Laugh In as the telephone operator Ernestine. As a teen, it delighted me that she snorted when she laughed.

[quote]It's just funny to me that an obscure actress from a forgotten show from 60 (!) years ago gets a big conversation here. It's wild.

She wasn't really obscure. For anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s she was one of those faces that was everywhere for many years. I'm not old enough to have seen Laugh-In expect for Nick at Nite reruns in the 90s but I knew her from the original Freaky Friday and several other live action Disney movies in the 70s. She also did countless TV guest star appearances - The Love Boat, Alice, ChiPs, Trapper John M.D., You Can't Do That On Television, The Muppet Show. She played Screech's mom on Saved By The Bell. I had forgotten The Lost Saucer but seeing the credits at r14 brought back memories. She also did tons of voice over work and had a long-running recurring role on Sesame Street in the 90s which would make her recognizable to whole new generation.

For some reason I thought she did a lot of game shows like Hollywood Squares, Pyramid and Match Game but I don't see those on her imdb page.

Do people actually put game shows on their imdb page, r77?

Katy Perry officially needs a new doppelganger.

Her Sesame Street work trumps Laugh-In?!

Shakundala

[quote]most people alive today have no idea who Ruth Buzzi was.

Who the fuck cares? What's your point? This is DL, which traffics in popular culture, including well-remembered TV shows from the '60s that were considered cutting-edge at the time.

I loved her when she was on TV and in movies in the 70s, but once she discovered social media and started posting she got on my nerves. By the time she started telling everyone to unite around Donald Trump in 2016 I was done with her.

They don't make falsies like that anymore, that's for sure.

I thought for certain 'comedienne' Joy Behar would pay a tribute to her on 'The View' this morning, but she didn't. Maybe Whoopi will do the honors on Monday morning. I can't believe they'll let this one slip by.

The Laugh-In Channel on Youtube posted a tribute.

Ann didn't seem to keep friends for long.

Here comes the judge.

She, I assumed, was still posting regularly till recently on her X account, usually very innocently corny but witty little jokes including self-deprecatingly poking fun at the experienced effects of being old. She and her characterizations were so much fun. 😔

I like hearing that, R89.

She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ten years ago, R89, so her recent postings were not of her own making.

Did Goldie Hawn make any statement on her passing ? I forgot they worked together during those years.

Here you go, R92.

R93 Goldie’s tribute is wonderful. You can just feel it was a wonderful time in Goldie’s life doing Laugh In and her Oscar win shortly thereafter.

Any word from Jo Anne Worley?

Did she become MAGA post alzheimers?

That would explain a lot about Magats

How do people with Alzheimer's even vote, anyway? I bet their carers just fill their ballots in for them and don't even ask them about their preference. So perhaps she wasn't born MAGA, but rather had MAGA thrust upon her.

Nancy Sinatra posted a nice tribute on twitter