Barbara Billingsley Dies (June Cleaver)

TMZ ^ | 10-16-10

[Justaham]

Barbara Billingsley -- best known for playing June Cleaver on "Leave it to Beaver" -- passed away this morning. She was 94.

Story developing.....

[fwdude]

I put thousands of miles on my bike as a kid with nothing to worry about except the occasional car and the town bully.

Bully?! You mean, you didn't commit suicide over this?

[elcid1970]

I agree, RIP for a geat lady.

But I just can’t resist my favorite quote by Dave Barry:

“What must it have really been like for a boy growing up in the 1950’s to be known as “The Beaver”?

;^)

[Razzz42]

June: Take me with you and get me out of this place...

[Razzz42]

June: Take me with you and get me out of this place...

[Stentor]

You mean, you didn't commit suicide over this?

Nah. My father would have killed me if I did.

[Cyman]

A real icon. My memory link to times that were simpler,safer and better. May she rest in peace.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Rest In Peace!

[StAntKnee]

Story developing?

She’s dead.

[musicman]

RIP “Mrs.Cleaver”!!

[LottieDah]

“...What must it have really been like for a boy growing up in the 1950’s to be known as “The Beaver”?”

In the 1950’s a beaver was an amphibious rodent with prominent front teeth. Oh how times have changed!

[labette]

Imagine:

The ideal mother.
Married to the ideal dad.
They have two normal kids.
And we seldom missed an episode.

Oh, How the mighty television has fallen !

[Lazamataz]

It’s an eventuality, but she will be missed.

[Justaham]

Waiting for more information on the cause of death! Duh!

[Krodg]

huh??

[Lazamataz]

Sad, another time, another world. I miss it.

It had it's positives and negatives.

Remember, it wasn't all good:

• We lived in constant threat of nuclear Armageddon with the Soviet Union.
• Medicine was a fraction of it's current skill-level.
• There were no cell phones.
• There were no personal computers.
• Smoking was tolerated everywhere.
• Women were pickier about their bed-mates.

On the other hand, there were good points:

• We lived in fear of nuclear attack from ONLY the Soviet Union.
• Medical bills were a fraction of it's current cost.
• There were no cell phones.
• There were no personal computers.
• Smoking was tolerated everywhere.
• Women were pickier about their bed-mates.

[yarddog]

I saw an interview of her maybe 25 years ago. I remember she came across as a very nice person. One interesting tidbit was that She played basketball in college.

She also spoke very highly of Hugh Beaumont. She also had two boys of her own.

“Leave it to Beaver” was far more like my childhood than modern sit coms yet they constantly make fun of those 50’s shows as if they were totally unrealistic.

[jmacusa]

“Sad, another time, another world. I miss it.’’ So do I. It’s an America that’s vanished. The older I get the more clearly I see that.

[ilovesarah2012]

I can’t believe she was 94. I still watch the reruns sometimes. Such a change in our society since those days and not for the better.

[Lazamataz]

“Leave it to Beaver” was far more like my childhood than modern sit coms

My childhood was a post-nuclear apocalyptic horror, where cannibalism reigned and life was a daily struggle not to be killed by zombies.

[jmacusa]

Barbara Billingsley was a class act and a very gracious woman. Who wouldn’t have wanted a mom like June Cleaver? Thanks Barbara. Goodnight Mrs. Cleaver.