Actor Mark Goddard, known best for his roles in Lost in Space and General Hospital, has died at age 87.
His death, which occurred on October 10, was announced today in a statement from his wife, Evelyn Pezzluich, shared to Facebook.
“I’m so sorry to tell you that my wonderful husband passed away on October 10th,” she began the statement.
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“Several days after celebrating his 87th birthday [on July 24], he was hospitalised with pneumonia. We were hopeful when he was transferred to a rehabilitation center, but then doctors discovered he was in the final stages of pulmonary fibrosis for which there is no cure.
She shared that he received care at the Pat Roche Hospice Home where she and her children has the chance to say their goodbyes, with the actor “able to die peacefully and with dignity.” His funeral will be held on October 21.
“I’ll never know how I deserved to spend 33 years with such a loving, gentle, handsome man who made me laugh so often,” Pezzluich commented.
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Goddard’s Lost in Space co-star Bill Mumy penned his own tribute to the actor, recalling their last conversation.
“R.I.P. to Mark Goddard. A truly beloved friend and brother to me for 59 years,” wrote the actor and writer who played the young Will Robinson in the series.
“I knew this was coming for the past few months. Shortly after a great phone chat he and I had on his 87th birthday in late July, I became aware that I would most likely never see or speak with him again. The last words we exchanged were ‘I love you.’
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“Mark was a truly fine actor. Naturally gifted as well as trained. I know he sometimes felt constricted by the campy frame that LIS constrained him within, but he also embraced and loved it.
“He and I had a lot of great memorable times together during the three years of filming the series. We got into some pretty goofy trouble.”