FOG BLOG ENTERTAINMENT LOG: STELLA STEVENS ACTRESS IN 'NUTTY PROFESSOR' DIES OF ALZHEIMER'S AT 84!

Stella Stevens, 'Nutty Professor' Actress and '60s Hollywood Bombshell, Dead at 84: 'OG of Badass Women'

The actress died Friday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, her son Andrew Stevens confirmed to Variety and Deadline Stella Stevens, a Golden Globe-winning actress and '60s Hollywood bombshell, has died at the age of 84.

Multiple outlets, including Variety and Deadline, first reported Stevens' death on Friday, with the former attributing the news to her son Andrew Stevens and the latter to both Andrew and a longtime friend of the actress, John O'Brien.

Both publications reported that Stevens died in Los Angeles on Friday, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Green Life Media founder Maria Calabrese, Stevens' manager and friend, confirms the actress's death to PEOPLE and says in a statement, "It was an honor and a privilege to have worked with Stella, who was one of the most wonderful and gifted people I have ever worked with."

"She was an amazing animal lover, horse wrangler, rock-and-roller, so ahead of her time and so much more than a sex symbol — which her adoring fans admired, respected and understood," adds Calabrese. "What a tremendous body of work and loss. The O.G. of badass women."