Mary Pat Gleason Dies: ‘Mom’ & ‘A Cinderella Story’ Actress Dead at 70

Mary Pat Gleason, who’s appeared in over 150 TV and film projects throughout her storied career in Hollywood including CBS’ hit series Mom and NBC’s Will & Grace, died on June 2. She was 70.

The news was confirmed by actor and writer Ron Fassler on Facebook, who said her cause of death stemmed from a long battle with cancer. Fassler wrote:

Mary Pat Gleason, one of the dearest and sweetest people I have ever had the pleasure to know, passed away last night at age seventy. She has 174 credits on her IMDB page (with one unreleased film still to come), but she was so much more than a wonderful actress: she was one of a kind. So caring, so funny, and so delicious to be around, that I find it hard to imagine a world without her shining presence and smiling face. My heart goes out to all who knew and loved her (all one million of you). Let’s all raise a glass to her this evening as one and offer a final toast and a fond farewell in her memory.

Gleason’s manager confirmed the news to Variety on Wednesday saying that “she was a fighter to the end.”

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