Death
Pearce was diagnosed with terminal cancer before Bewitched began. Pearce kept her illness a secret but died from ovarian cancer during the second season of the series at age 48. Pearce was cremated and her ashes were scattered at sea.
After Pearce's death, the role of Gladys Kravitz was played by Sandra Gould.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“She lived in storm and strife,
Her soul had such desire
For what proud death may bring
That it could not endure
The common good of life....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Life is grown sweeter and lonelier,
And death is no evil.”
—Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)
“We term sleep a death ... by which we may be literally said to die daily; in fine, so like death, I dare not trust it without my prayers.”
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