Cindy Williams shared her faith in God: 'Power that was unconditionally good'
Actress passed away at age 75, spoke strongly of faith in her life
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Known largely for her role in the popular TV sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," Cindy Williams was also known for a few other things.
For one thing, the longtime actress expressed her strong faith in God in a few interviews during her career as well as in her book, "Shirley, I Jest: A Storied Life" (Taylor, 2015).
Her family said on Monday that the iconic actress died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness, the Associated Press reported.
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CINDY WILLIAMS, ‘LAVERNE & SHIRLEY’ ACTRESS, DEAD AT 75
Her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, released a statement through family spokeswoman Liza Cranis.
Williams spoke of her belief of God in 2015 when her book came out in interviews connected to the book's release.
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"Well, I was just born with it," she said in an interview with Psychology Today when her book came out.
"He was always present. So if it was imbued in my spirit; I mean, it gets really heady," she said.
"God was imbued in me from the time of my birth; and me in Him."
She added, "I don’t know how I can talk about this, but God was imbued in me from the time of my birth; and me in Him. And I just had this sense of always being all right, even though the situation might be dire."
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She also said, "Where that came from, I don’t know, but it just enhanced my knowledge of a power that was unconditionally good, and there for me. And so it was in that spirit that I grew up."
She said that even "when horrible things would befall me … I still felt that presence, that spirit of unconditional love. I always like to think of Him as a person, as my father in heaven or as my God, but he doesn’t care."
She added, "That power, that spirit doesn’t care because it’s unconditional. So whatever you want to call it."
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In her book, "Shirley, I Jest," she wrote of her childhood that "if it was Sunday, I was in church."
"It’s very mystical to us, but I’m sure if you talked to God, He’d say, ‘Yeah, that’s how I did it.’"
She said she "even won a Bible for perfect attendance at a tent revival."
She said that Sunday school was, for her, a bit of an escape, too — particularly from her father's alcoholism.
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Even so, he made sure she got to Sunday school.
"I learned all of my Bible stories. I loved all of the powerful images and escaped into them. Jesus and Moses and the great people of the Bible … For that hour in Sunday school, I was safe," she wrote in her book.
She also said in the interview with Psychology Today, "I also believe in the theory of evolution. I also believe in that — that’s a big part of God."
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She added, "It’s very mystical to us, but I’m sure if you talked to God, he’d say, ‘Yeah, that’s how I did it.’ Of course, evolution, you can’t deny that there was evolution. I can’t deny that any more than I can deny that God exists for me."
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She said as well, "God is there for me. And you can meld it into one. Maybe he meant something."