Melody Patterson
First Batgirl and now this. Who’s next Barbara Eden?
First Batgirl, now Wrangler Jane.
If I were Ginger or Maryanne I’d be nervous right now...
FTroop as a teenager. Wrangler Jane was cuute.
I wonder what underlying disease or disorder caused the multiple organ failure. Sixty Six is relatively young. Hell she didn’t even qualify for full Social Security benefits.
God bless her soul.
Her age means she was barely out of high school when she played the Wrangler Jane role. I had no idea she was only 6 years older than I am. Most distressing to read of her demise...condolences to her friends and family.
Sad. Prayers up for her and her family and friends.
Agarn: "....that's what makes it so wild..."
When television was still worth watching...great show.
....2 TV beauties from my youth gone in a week...d@mn I hate get'n old.
RIP
Very sad, and yes - 66 is way too young. I remember watching F-Troop with my late Dad, and every time during the intro to the program, when the wheel would fall off the cannon and they would shoot the watch tower with the soldier leaping to the ground, Dad would just laugh and laugh.
It always amused me, the story of how the script writers for the series first attempted to name the Indian tribe the “Fugawais”, but when the censors realized the punch line to the story about how the tribe got it’s name was “We’re the Fug-aw-wi?” it was quickly edited to “We’re the Heckawis”
Nice politically incorrect TV. Good times.
I read somewhere that she was only 17 when she started on F Troop. That’s why in Season One of the show she had no “kissing” scenes with the Captain.
By the second season of the show she had turned 18 and that’s when the fun began.
F Troop was a great show and Wrangler Jane was a great character.
She was a hoot in that show.
I still watch this program today. Still funny; love the way Forrest Tucker always called her “Janie.” RIP Wrangler Jane - you were so pretty.
I always thought she was a beauty!!
So she was 16 when F Troop went on the air? Haven’t seen the show in a long time but still, I doubt that.
RIP.
So weird, you just referenced her yesterday in the thread about favorite military shows...
A very beautiful woman.
Rest In Peace.
F-Troop was a hoot.
Larry Storch is a comedic genius. One of the funniest people ever.