Ruth Buzzi, Famed Comedic Actress Who Grew Up In Stonington, Dies After Long Illness
Ruth Buzzi, the life-long comedienne best known for her role on "Rowan & Martin Laugh-In," has died, her family announced on Facebook. She was 88.
Buzzi, born in Rhode Island but raised in Stonington, Connecticut, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2012 and suffered a stroke in 2022. She died peacefully in her sleep while in hospice care, her family wrote on Facebook.
Forbes wrote that Buzzi began her showbiz career at just 19, when she began performing in a Broadway musical revue that traveled the East Coast, Forbes reported.
She enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse, where she…
