--- title: Garry Marshall: Celebrities React to Director's Death description: The American director Garry Marshall died on Tuesday at the age of 81. canonical: https://time.com/4414306/celebrities-react-to-director-garry-marshalls-death/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-20T06:55:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:23:08.075Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Celebrities Pay Tribute to Director Garry Marshall og:description: "The world has lost a great man, a comedy icon and a wonderful friend" og:url: https://time.com/4414306/celebrities-react-to-director-garry-marshalls-death/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbc37bfaf76e2973/69889cb0524fc0b552df8c97/gettyimages-524343478.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Open Road Films' "Mother's Day" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities Pay Tribute to Director Garry Marshall twitter:description: "The world has lost a great man, a comedy icon and a wonderful friend" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbc37bfaf76e2973/69889cb0524fc0b552df8c97/gettyimages-524343478.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrities Pay Tribute to Director Garry Marshall by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jul 20, 2016 6:55 AM UTC  American actor, director, writer, and producer Garry Marshall arrives at the Seattle premiere of 'Mother's Day' before receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Seattle International Film Festival at Cinerama Theater on April 25, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. American actor, director, writer, and producer Garry Marshall arrives at the Seattle premiere of 'Mother's Day' before receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Seattle International Film Festival at Cinerama Theater on April 25, 2016 in Seattle, Washington.Mat Hayward—Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jul 20, 2016 6:55 AM UTC The American director [Garry Marshall died](http://time.com/4414155/garry-marshall-director-dead/) Tuesday at the age of 81\. His career spanned more than half a century and he was responsible for creating or directing countless American cultural touchstones, including _Happy Days_ and its spinoffs _Mork & Mindy_ and _Laverne & Shirley; The Odd Couple;_ and the films _Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride_ and _The Princess Diaries._ After news of his death broke, dozens of celebrities aired their tributes on social media. Henry Winkler, who played Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on _Happy Days_, was among many who left a note of gratitude. > [](https://twitter.com/hwinkler4real/status/755602181860974592) > [](https://twitter.com/TonyDanza/status/755602821404200960) > [](https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/755604938164695040) > [](https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/755630221613731840) > [](https://twitter.com/bobsaget/status/755606447497490432) > [](https://twitter.com/RobLowe/status/755615410335027200) > [](https://twitter.com/sethmeyers/status/755612287726084097) > [](https://twitter.com/jessicaalba/status/755631452994371585) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4414306/celebrities-react-to-director-garry-marshalls-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4414306/celebrities-react-to-director-garry-marshalls-death/"},"headline":"Celebrities Pay Tribute to Director Garry Marshall","datePublished":"2016-07-20T06:55:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:23:08.075Z","description":"\"The world has lost a great man, a comedy icon and a wonderful friend\"","url":"https://time.com/4414306/celebrities-react-to-director-garry-marshalls-death/","keywords":["celebrities","Television","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbc37bfaf76e2973/69889cb0524fc0b552df8c97/gettyimages-524343478.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbc37bfaf76e2973/69889cb0524fc0b552df8c97/gettyimages-524343478.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Open Road Films' \"Mother's Day\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Open Road Films' \"Mother's Day\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Mat Hayward—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4414306/celebrities-react-to-director-garry-marshalls-death/","name":"Celebrities Pay Tribute to Director Garry Marshall"}}]}] ```