Pee-Wee Herman star Lynne Marie Stewart has died, her actress friend has confirmed in a heartbreaking statement
Actress Lynne Marie Stewart has died, her friend has confirmed.
The star, best known for her roles in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse was 78.
Friend and fellow actress Cassandra Peterson said in an emotional statement on social media: “My heart is breaking upon hearing the news of my dear friend @lynnestewart78 Lynne Stewart’s passing. One of the kindest, sweetest, funniest women who ever lived. The iconic Miss Yvonne of Pee-wee’s Playhouse: She’ll always be ‘the most beautiful woman in Puppetland’.”
Stewart had appeared in a variety of Pee-Wee Herman shows as Miss Yvonne. She first played the part in the 1981 stage show The Pee-wee Herman Show. She continued the role during the CBS show Pee-wee’s Playhouse, before also featuring in the 2010 stage revival and Broadway production.
In It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Stewart played the part of Bonnie Kelly, who was the mum of Charlie Day’s character Charlie Kelly.
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