Which waltons have died

Mary Elizabeth McDonough played the younger sister Erin. Although she acted in a few roles in the following years, she concentrated mostly on writing, publishing a memoir about her time on the show as well as two novels. When Eric Scott left his role as Ben, he stepped away from acting.

He instead chose to pursue business, helping to run a messenger service called Chase Messenger. Kami Cotler played spunky youngest sister Elizabeth, but after the series ended she decided to work in education instead.

Her job as a teacher actually took her at one point to rural Virginia, near the area that was the original inspiration for The Waltons. David Harper, who played Jim-Bob, lived a quiet, private life after the show was over. Her second marriage was to Glenn Chadwick, a stagehand, which lasted only two years, from She divorced from Parker, who wrote episodes of The Waltons, in Finally, she found long-lasting happiness with lawyer John Doherty, whom she married in The couple live together in California to this day.

Ellen Corby, - Esther 'Grandma' Walton. Corby, who sadly passed away 20 years ago, won three Emmy awards for her role as the sharp-tongued Grandma Walton. Her character was temporarily written out of the series with an illness after the real life Corby suffered a stroke in , and only reappeared in the season's final episode. Will Geer, - Zebulon 'Grandpa' Walton. The late Will Geer as Grandpa Walton in , left, and later on in his acting career, right.

After a glittering career spanning six decades, Will Geer passed away in at the age of Before landing the role of a lifetime as Grandpa Walton, Geer starred in Broadway hit Tobacco Road as well as notching up several Shakespearean roles.

I will miss him very much. Norton-Taylor, now 61, famously played the eldest Walton daughter, Mary Ellen, before going on to launch a dinner theater chain in Canada. She has continued her acting career with her most recent roles in 's The Sparrows: Nesting and 's Finding Harmony. Jon Walmsley Jason Walton.

Jon Walmsley as Jason Walton in , left, and pictured at home in Cornwall in , right. Jon Walmsley, who is widely loved for his portrayal of Jason in iconic show The Waltons has been living at the south west tip of Britain since October. The year-old actor, who is also famed for providing the voice of Christopher Robin for Disney's Winnie the Pooh cartoons revealed that despite his association with the award winning show, he's barely recognised in north Cornwall where he lives with wife Marion.

Walmsley was born in Blackburn and first moved to California when he was just two years old. In , he and three other Los Angeles musicians formed a band called The U.

K Beat, which plays music that inspired Walmsley and his friends when they were children during the s British rock invasion. The year-old actress starred in The Waltons for nearly a decade during the s, joining the show when she was just But Mary McDonough recently claimed that she was told that she was 'fat' while she appeared on the long-running television series. The star, who played Erin in the programme, said she began 'starving' herself after developing body image issues sparked by the cruel remarks.

McDonough was sadly forced to put her acting career in hold after suffering from an immune disease. David W. He was cast as a child actor but have up acting after his success in the Waltons, and subsequent jobs have included driving for co-star Eric Scott's transport company.

Harper has since reflected on his surreal childhood years, saying: 'Looking back, I realise we grew up surrounded by adults. But I'm pleased to have been on the show. Kami Cotler Elizabeth Walton. Kami Cotler as Elizabeth Walton in , left, and in Hollywood in , right. Still fresh-faced at 53, Cotler, who played Elizabeth Walton, quit acting to study for a degree in Social Sciences before a series of teaching roles led her to set up her own educational consulting business. And the way Ralph told the story, he realized he was kneeling in the mud talking to me, that he had a responsibility to raise his children.

So he did tell that story about how the acting and the pretend moment really informed his own choices in his real life with his actual children. Fox News: Looking back, how did he feel about "The Waltons" after it came to an end?

Cotler: He said something really interesting about it. I think he said it at a wedding. Intense togetherness and then moving on to the next thing. And he said he sort of expected how "The Waltons" would be.

But he realized that, as he looked at each of us as we sat in the audience, that he still felt connected. And that the bonds we created in this fictional family were family-like connections. And I think just acknowledging how unique our experience was and how enduring it was for each other. Fox News: Why does the show continue to resonate with audiences? And there were lots of writers writing from personal experiences. They were writing about their own upbringings in Kentucky, Tennessee or Virginia.

These were people sharing their own stories of being part of a struggling family or living in a rural place. The writers definitely had good stories to tell. And I think we were very fortunate in having the actors that we had.

Fox News: You had the chance to meet Natalie Wood. What was she like? She was his favorite. We were at some awards show and I just walked right up to her. I was probably 7. And I said, "My daddy is in love with you. She just pulled me into her lap.