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Police Academystar and Broadway actress Marion Ramsey has died at the age of 73 in Los Angeles.
In 1984 Ramsey got her big break in the Steve GuttenbergledPolice Academyfilmfranchise as mild-mannered, squeaky-voiced Officer Laverne Hooks.
She went on to appear in Beverly Hills, 90210 and MacGyver, and voice D.I.
Holler in the animated The Addams Family, from 1992 to 1993.
Outside of her acting career, Ramsey was a fierce advocate for HIV and AIDS awareness.
She is survived by her three brothers.
