Los Angeles (E! Online) - As the singular phenomenon known as awards season regularly proves, Hollywood loves to honor its favorite sons and daughters, even if only in spirit.
In turn, Suzanne Pleshettes induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame is still on for Jan. 31, what would have been the actress 71st birthday.
While posthumous honors are regularly given to celebrities and prominent entertainment industry figures, Pleshette had already been tapped to receive a star on Tinseltowns iconic Hollywood Boulevard before she died. Otherwise, there is a five-year waiting period to nominate a deceased individual.
The throaty-voiced stage and screen luminary had requested that her panel be located in front of the lingerie store Fredericks of Hollywood, which is further east than the plot of land thats home to most of the newer stars.
A rep for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which approves the Walk of Fame Committees selections, could not immediately be reached for comment. Its unclear for which of Pleshettes credits--television, film or theater--she is being honored.
The Bob Newhart Show star lost her battle with lung cancer on Saturday, leaving a horde of admiring fans and colleagues in her wake.
Longtime friend Tina Sinatra will appear next Thursday to accept the star on Pleshettes behalf. Former costars Bob Newhart and Marcia Wallace are expected to speak.
Pleshestte and Newhart reunited for the 1990 finale of his second eponymous sitcom, a successful twist on the it was all a dream way of ending a series that was so bungled by Dallas and St. Elsewhere.
To be together again with the old rhythms, looking into each others eyes, was just wonderful, Pleshette told CBS This Morning at the time. It was very touching and so dear that the studio audience remembered us with such affection, she said.
Pleshettes second husband, Newhart regular Tom Poston, died last April at 85.
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