Georgia Engel 1948-2019

Georgia Engel, the actress with the baby-like voice who played the girlfriend and eventual wife of the blustery TV anchorman Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died. She was 70.

The angelic Engel also portrayed Shirley Burleigh, the wife of Minnesota State athletic director Howard Burleigh (Kenneth Kimmins), on ABC's Coach and was a regular or recurring player on other series including The Betty White Show, Jennifer Slept Here, The Office and Hot in Cleveland.

Engel died Friday in Princeton, New Jersey, according to John Quilty, her friend and executor. He told The New York Times that the cause was undetermined because, as a Christian Scientist, the actress did not consult doctors.

RIP