[1]LOS ANGELES- (AP)- [2]Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart’s sardonic wife on television’s long-running “The Bob Newhart Show,” has died at age 70.Pleshette, whose career included roles in such films as Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and in Broadway plays including “The Miracle Worker,” died of respiratory failure Saturday evening at her Los Angeles home, said her attorney Robert Finkelstein, also a family friend.
Pleshette underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006.
Alas, not unexpected, following the cancer bit a couple years back. An amazingly versatile actress, (Check the pics here [3], for the number of different looks) and a sense of humor to boot. A winning combo.