Ruth Buzzi, the North Texas comedian who starred in “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” from 1968 to 1973, has died, according to her family. She was 88. A post on the entertainer’s official Facebook page said she died peacefully in her sleep Thursday, May 1. Buzzi was battling Alzheimer’s disease and had been in hospice care for several years.

Fans are paying tribute to Ruth Buzzi, the comedy legend who called North Texas home before her death on Thursday at age 88. Buzzi, whose humor America first glimpsed on the late 1960s TV show "Laugh-In,

Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, her agent Mike Eisenstadt said. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and was in hospice care. Shortly before her death, her husband Kent Perkins, had posted a statement on Buzzi’s Facebook page,