Cynthia Jane Williams (August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023)

Williams was a actress and producer, known for her role
as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcom Happy Days
(1975–1979), and Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982). She also
appeared in American Graffiti (1973). She died in Los
Angeles following a brief illness.

Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall in Laverne & Shirley
(1976 – 1983)

Lloyd N. Morrisett Jr. (November 2, 1929 – January 22, 2023)

(AP) – Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s
education TV series "Sesame Street," which uses empathy
and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie
Monster to charm and teach generations around the world,
has died.

Morrisett’s death was announced Tuesday by Sesame Workshop,
the nonprofit he helped establish under the name the Children’s Television Workshop. No cause of death was given.

Gail Fisher (August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000)

Fisher was a actress who was one of the first black
women to play substantive roles in American television.

She was best known for playing the role of secretary
Peggy Fair on the television detective series Mannix
from 1968 through 1975, a role for which she won two
Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award; Fisher was
the first African-American woman to win those awards     
along with a NAACP Image Award in 1969.   

Fisher died in Los Angeles in 2000, reportedly from 
kidney failure. She was 65. Twelve hours later, her
brother Clifton died from heart failure.

James Yoshio Yoda (March 31, 1934 – January 13, 2023)

Yoshio Yoda, who portrayed Fuji, the sweet-natured Japanese
prisoner of war befriended by the irreverent gang of American
sailors at the center of the 1962-66 ABC World War II-set sitcom
McHale’s Navy, died Jan. 13 in Fullerton, CA. He was 88.

Yoda, who also went be the name James Yoshio Yoda during
his post-acting career as an executive of Toyota Hawaii, was
born in Tokyo and studied law at Keio University in Japan
before deciding on an acting career. After moving to the United
States, Yoda enrolled at the University of Southern California’s
film school.

James (Jim) Eugene Carrey is 61 years old today.  The Canadian-American actor, comedian and artist first gained recognition in
1990, after landing a role in the sketch comedy television series
In Living Color (1990–1994). He broke out as a star in motion
pictures with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb
and Dumber (all 1994).