Photo: JC Olivera/Getty Images Loni Anderson, the bombshell of WKRP in Cincinnati, has died after a “prolonged illness.” She was 79. Her publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, confirmed the actor’s passing to the Associated Press . “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” her family said in a statement. Loni Anderson was born in 1945 in St. Paul, Minnesota. According to her memoir, My Life in High Heels, her father originally wanted to name her Leilani, but