Marcia Wallace, Voice Of 'The Simpsons' Mrs Krabappel, Dies

Marcia Wallace, the voice of Edna Krabappel -- Bart Simpson's jaded, chain-smoking schoolteacher on the animated show "The Simpsons" -- has died, the show producers said Saturday. She was 70. Wallace died in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, her son Michael Hawley told the Los Angeles Times. Wallace's career in show business included her role as a sassy receptionist on the 1970s TV comedy "The Bob Newhart Show," and guest roles in '80s and '90s shows like "Full House," "Taxi" and "Murphy Brown." [...]