{"id":19918,"date":"2026-09-09T23:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=19918"},"modified":"2026-09-09T23:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:28:54","slug":"little-house-on-the-prairie-actress-patty-maloney-dies-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=19918","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little House on the Prairie\u2019 Actress Patty Maloney Dies at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patty Maloney, the actress remembered for her role on <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>, has died at 89.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her brother confirmed that she passed away on March 31 while receiving hospice care in Florida. She had reportedly suffered several strokes in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maloney began performing at just 3 years old and went on to build an impressive career in television, film and theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many fans may also remember her as <strong>Lumpy, Chewbacca\u2019s son<\/strong>, in the 1978 <em>Star Wars Holiday Special<\/em>. She also played Honk on <em>Far Out Space Nuts<\/em> and appeared in shows including <em>Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/em>, <em>The Love Boat<\/em>, <em>Donny &amp; Marie<\/em>, and <em>Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1982, she appeared on <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em> as Alice Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her career also included films such as <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, <em>Under the Rainbow<\/em>, <em>The Ice Pirates<\/em>, and <em>Ernest Saves Christmas<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She leaves behind a remarkable legacy spanning decades of entertainment. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patty Maloney, the actress remembered for her role on Little House on the Prairie, has died at 89. Her brother confirmed that she passed away on March 31 while receiving hospice care in Florida. She had reportedly suffered several strokes in recent years. Maloney began performing at just 3 years old and went on to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19920,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19918\/revisions\/19920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}