Veteran actor Marcia Wallace passed away over the weekend from undisclosed circumstances.
“I was tremendously saddened to learn this morning of the passing of the brilliant and gracious Marcia Wallace,” executive producer Al Jean of “The Simpsons” said in a statement. “She was beloved by all at ‘The Simpsons’ and we intend to retire her irreplaceable character.”
Wallace was a regular guest star on a plethora of popular TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, including “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” “Gimme a Break!”, “ALF,” “Night Court,” “Charles in Charge” and “Magnum, P.I.” She was also a mainstay of TV game shows such as “The Hollywood Squares,” “Password” and “The (New) $25,000 Pyramid.”
In recent years, Wallace advocated for awareness of breast cancer, a disease she battled herself. Her 2004 book, “Don’t Look Back, We’re Not Going That Way,” in part chronicled her fight.
Marcia Wallace was 70.
I never new anyone but the voice actor that played Bart. My sympathies goes out to her family.