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.
Read more about this topic: Alice Pearce
Famous quotes containing the word death:
“The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
“My death from the wrists,
two name tags,
blood worn like a corsage
to bloom
one on the left and one on the right....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“It is a strange, strange fate, and now, as I stand face to face with death I feel just as if they were going to kill a boy. For I feel like a boy—and my hands so free from blood and my heart always so compassionate and pitiful that I cannot comprehend how anyone wants to hang me.”
—Roger Casement (1864–1916)