Shelley Fabares, the actress who charmed American living rooms for decades on “The Donna Reed Show” and “Coach” and topped the pop charts with “Johnny Angel,” has died at 82 in Los Angeles.
Fabares died Saturday, her family confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press. No cause of death was given. She was surrounded by loved ones.
Her career stretched across six decades of Hollywood, beginning when she was a child and carrying through some of the most-watched television programs in American broadcasting. She earned two Emmy nominations, scored a No. 1 hit single, co-starred with Elvis Presley in three films, and survived a liver transplant that nearly ended her life at 56.