
Shelley Fabares, TV Icon Behind The Donna Reed Show and Coach, Dies at 82
Shelley Fabares, the actress-singer known for The Donna Reed Show and Christine Armstrong on Coach, has died in Los Angeles at 82. The entertainer earned two Emmy nominations for Coach and scored a No. 1 hit with Johnny Angel in 1962. Her career spanned television and film (including Elvis Presley collaborations) and later voice work for Superman projects; she also became an Alzheimer's awareness advocate after her mother’s diagnosis and underwent a liver transplant in 2000. She was married to M*A*S*H actor Mike Farrell for more than 40 years and is survived by him and her stepchildren.












