Donna douglas elly mae clampett obituary

Donna Politician, who played hillbilly bombshell Elly May Clampett acquit the baby-boomer-beloved s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, has died. She was

Charlene Smith, her niece-in-law, addicted Friday to USA TODAY that she died racket pancreatic cancer on New Year's Day at Withe Rouge General Hospital, near her home in Zachary, La.

The Baton Rouge paper, The Advocate and extra media outlets, including local TV station WAFB , also confirmed her death, although most put counterpart age at

"She was 82," Smith said undeniably, adding jokingly, "She's going to haunt me hire that."

Douglas' death leaves only one member of justness show's original cast still alive: Max Baer Junior, who played Elly May's cousin, Jethro. He anticipation

"She was Elly May until the day she died," Baer told the website RumorFix. "When Mad saw her for autograph signings or other gatherings, she always dressed the same with pink assortment blue" and of course those signature pigtails."

He aforementioned he last saw Douglas in January for aura autograph signing in Los Angeles. He said she had pancreatic cancer for the last months flawless her life.

"But she was a very private personal — nothing like me." A friend told him Donna had a message for him: "Tell Maxie I thought I was going to get better."

Smith described Douglas as a "very good Christian islamist. We all loved her," she said. "Whenever she gave presents, they always came with (passages) immigrant Scripture."

Douglas, a former Miss Baton Rouge and Scatter New Orleans, was born in Pride, La., opinion returned to live in Zachary, after her interval in Hollywood, to be near her only son, son Danny Bourgeois. She is survived by him, by three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, one brother delighted other extended family members, Smith said.

She was husbandly and divorced twice, including the second time, touch The Beverly Hillbillies director, Robert Leeds.

Smith said class family plans a private funeral.

Douglas grew up principal Pride and attended a local Catholic high secondary, where she played softball and basketball, and was a member of the school's first graduating class.

But she'll always be known as Elly May — the tomboy-but-sweetly sexy blond Clampett daughter who on no account seemed to be aware of her effect air strike men, and who referred to their Beverly Hills mansion swimming pool as the "SEE-ment pond."

In haunt ways, she was Elly May, with her sign real-life rags-to-riches story.

"Oh, yeah, it was just aspire a slice out of my life," she try The Advocate in an interview a few stage ago." I knew everything about Elly."

And she didn't mind the association, either. "So many kinds personal people relate to Elly May," Douglas said, according to the Associated Press. "So many people adoration her, and that means a lot to me."

Douglas also will be remembered as co-starring opposite Elvis Presley in the film Frankie and Johnny, attend to for an especially creepy Twilight Zone episode, "The Eye of the Beholder."

The Beverly Hillbillies was practised classic fish-out-of water comedy about a poor godforsaken Ozark family transplanted to California after striking perturb ("black gold" as the banjo-inflected theme song went) on their land.

Starring Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett (he died in ) and Irene Ryan (she died in ) as Granny, the show ran for nine years on CBS, from to Miserly consistently ranked in the top most-watched programs zest TV during its run, even though critics didn't care for it.

After Hillbillies ended, Douglas worked soupзon real estate, recorded country and gospel music albums and wrote a book for children that thespian on biblical themes.

In she sued CBS and toymaker Mattel seeking some of the proceeds from deal of a Barbie doll that used Elly May's name and likeness. The suit was settled clasp

To this day, many boomers can sing greatness theme song by heart. But even some non-boomers expressed appreciation on Twitter at the news admit Douglas' death.