“You were an instrumental part of my life,” Milano’s tweet continued.
“You taught me to hold my head above the marsh!
You taught me to do anything for a laugh!

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What an example you were!”
“We lost a national treasure,” Danza shared on social media.
“No words can measure my love.”
“I remember reading the script and thinking, ‘This is pretty good!
This is a good show,'“Helmond saidduring theWho’s the Boss?reunion.
“I looked forward to going to work every week.”
“Katherine Helmond is a joke machine.
You couldn’t find her in the gag reel ‘cause she never made a mistake,” Danza added.
“She was the sister I never had.
Those were the years I was running around Hollywood.
I got married, I had kids.
If I didn’t have her as a sounding board… She’s the most wonderful person ever.
She was a good influence on me.
She calmed me down and showed me what was important.”
Helmond issurvived by her husband, David Christian, whom she married 57 years ago.