{"id":25430,"date":"2026-11-05T14:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=25430"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:49:33","slug":"bobby-wright-last-surviving-star-of-mchales-navy-dies-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=25430","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Wright, last surviving star of \u2018McHale\u2019s Navy,\u2019 dies at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last voice from a beloved television crew has fallen silent. John \u201cBobby\u201d Wright\u2019s death at 84 closes a chapter that stretched from wartime sitcom laughter to the heart of country music royalty. But behind the familiar face was a family legacy, an unexpected Hollywood break, and a musical journey that many viewers never fully knew was his stor\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/11\/04100410\/navey12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205008\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7180851063829787;width:270px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John \u201cBobby\u201d Wright died October 27 at his home in Madison, Tennessee, aged 84. His obituary said he passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones; no cause was announced. As radio operator Willy Moss, he appeared in all 138 episodes of <em>McHale\u2019s Navy<\/em> and both companion films. His obituary identified him as the comedy\u2019s last surviving main cast member, bringing a poignant close to the ensemble that shared the screen with Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn and Tim Conway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/prSlCirIwS4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Here I Go Again\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:480px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Away from Hollywood, Wright carried another remarkable inheritance: he was the son of country stars Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright. A performer since childhood, he charted 21 country singles, including 1971\u2019s \u201cHere I Go Again,\u201d which reached No. 13. He continued touring with his family until his parents retired in 2007. Survived by two daughters, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, Wright leaves a legacy spanning television laughter, country stages and generations of family memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yanina-usa.com\/author\/vaiddi891gmail-com\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last voice from a beloved television crew has fallen silent. John \u201cBobby\u201d Wright\u2019s death at 84 closes a chapter that stretched from wartime sitcom laughter to the heart of country music royalty. But behind the familiar face was a family legacy, an unexpected Hollywood break, and a musical journey that many viewers never fully &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25430","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\/25430","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25432,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25430\/revisions\/25432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}