Marah Louw has joined the flood of tributes pouring in for veteran actress Mary Twala, who died on Saturday at Netcare Park Lane Hospital in Johannesburg Mary’s son Somizi confirmed the star’s death, declaring: “The tree has fallen, I’m shattered to the core.”

Marah was shocked by the news of Mary’s death and told TshisaLIVE she is going to miss her laughter the most. She described her friend as a bundle of joy to be around with.

“I had the opportunity to work for a longer period with her when we were doing Lillian Dube’s show called Skwizas. It was crazy there. It didn’t feel like we were working, we would constantly laugh whenever we were shooting.“I never saw her angry. We used to crack jokes and make fun of each other but she would never take the jokes to heart. She had so many funny things to say and I’m also going to miss her professionalism”.

The singer admitted that as actresses aged they sometimes forget their lines, but Mary would say whatever came to mind and it would gel nicely with the story.

“Whatever she comes up with would be funny. And she was very professional. She could have run an acting school [to] teach the younger generation. I wish we had an opportunity to do that and have an academy. She left a hell of a legacy and I hope the younger generation will pick up on it and emulate her.”

Marah took us down memory lane to the time she first met Mary in 1969, when the pair were in the musical Skhali.