Garry Marshall, A Master Of Comedy On Tv set And in Film, Dies At eighty one
Enlarge this imageDirector Garry Marshall, proven with the movie premiere of recent Year's Eve in Hollywood in 2011, has died at 81.Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Imageshide captiontoggle captionFrederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesDirector Garry Marshall, shown on the film premiere of new Year's Eve in Hollywood in 2011, has died at eighty one.Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Odd Few, https://www.texansglintshop.com/Brandon-Dunn-Jersey Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, The Flamingo Kid, Pretty Woman: If you had to live on a deserted island, you could do far worse than to take the work of Hollywood legend Garry Marshall along to keep you company. The list of Marshall's popular work stretches even further, from his early time as a writer for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, to multiple episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Lucy Show, and to Mork & Mindy, the Robin Williams show that bridged the gap between the 1970s and '80s. Marshall, 81, died Tuesday at a Burbank, Calif., hospital from complications of pneumonia following a stroke, a spokesperson for his publicist tells NPR.Monkey SeeRemembering Garry Marshall, For Whom We Stayed Up Past https://www.texansglintshop.com/Lamar-Miller-Jersey 8 O'Clock Marshall helped the careers of many performers, particularly actre ses: His Pretty Woman made Julia Roberts a superstar in 1990; the 2001 movie The Prince s Diaries, which he directed, catapulted an 18-year-old Anne Hathaway to movie stardom. In the 1970s, several of his projects highlighted the talents of his younger sister, Penny Marshall, whose title role on Laverne & Shirley gave momentum to her succe sful career as a director and producer. YouTube Marshall's mother helped him learn a key rule of show busine s, as he told NPR's Scott Simon in a 2012 interview. "She said the worst thing is to be boring, when I was little," he said. "And I said, 'What is boring, Ma?' And she said, 'Your father.' She always had a shot for everybody." Meli sa Joan Hart, who worked with Marshall on Sabrina, calls him her "friend and mentor" in a me sage posted to Instagram on Wednesday."He truly was an inspiration, a kind soul and a loving person," Hart said, noting that Marshall once acted in a short film she directed. Other actors, from Rob Lowe and Jason Alexander to Aly sa Milano, also were crediting him with helping their early careers, posting tributes to Marshall. Marshall directed 18 films, including 1988's Beaches, featuring Barbara Hershey and Bette Midler. But NPR's Eric Deggans says another of Marshall's films is among his favorites. Garry Marshall, A Learn Of Comedy On Tv set As well as in Movie, Dies At 81 Listen 4:164:16 Toggle more optionsDownloadEmbedEmbedYouTube Happy Days ran for 11 seasons, from 1974 to 1984. Even in Martinas Rankin Jersey its decline, the show contributed a lasting phrase to American lingo: "Jump the shark," a reference to an episode in which Fonzie (Henry Winkler) water skis over a shark. The scene came to be viewed as the beginning of the end for Happy Days, but we'll note that defenders of the show are quick to add that the notorious shark-jumping occurred in 1977, midway through the show's succe sful run.