Tony-winning Broadway actress Linda Lavin dies aged 87

A success on Broadway, Lavin tried her luck in Hollywood in the mid-1970s

Linda Lavin tried her luck in Hollywood in the mid-1970s.Picture: Chris Pizzello/AP

Tony Award-winning stage actress Linda Lavin has died aged 87.

Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, according to her representative, Bill Veloric.