viewers for her lighthearted 13-year run as housekeeper and occasional professional wrestler Big Alice Gunderson on the ABC soap. She was 62.“Bergen Williams succumbed to the ravages of Wilson’s Disease surrounded by loving family,” reads the announcement posted on Williams’ Twitter account being managed by her sister. Wilson’s disease is a rare, inherited condition that causes copper to accumulate in vital organs and can cause liver, brain and kidney problems.
Though Williams, born Laura Lynn Williams, appeared in various small roles in such primetime series as, her signature role arrived in 2002 with the introduction of Big Alice on the daytime serial. The live-in housekeeper of‘s Quartermaine family, Big Alice proved popular with fans for Williams’ comic approach. The character’s years-long crush on Anthony Geary’s Luke Spencer was a running and beloved joke on the series: In 2010, Big Alice wore black to one of Luke’s weddings.
In another ongoing storyline, Big Alice led something of a double life as a pro wrestler known as The Dominator.“Best kiss evah!,” wrote GH star Nancy Lee Grahn in an Instagram post that included a video clip of Alice kissing Grahn’s incognito character. “RIP dear Bergen.”
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