LEGACY: BONNIE FRANKLIN

Bonnie Franklin (1944-2013)

Bonnie Franklin, best known for her starring role in the sit-com ONE DAY AT A TIME, has died. Franklin had been battling pancreatic cancer. She was 69.

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