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Ronnie Claire Edwards, Corabeth Godsey from the Waltons, dead at 83
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/06/15/ronnie-claire-edwards-waltons-dies/85936344/
Ronnie Claire Edwards, the veteran actress on the beloved TV series,The Waltons, has died, according to her Facebook page. She was 83.
"Ronnie Claire passed peacefully in her sleep this evening," her page said late Tuesday. "Our beautiful and extraordinary friend has peacefully made her final curtain call. Thank you all for your wonderful caring and support."
Edwards, who had been living in Texas, had a long TV and film career but was best known for playing Corabeth Walton Godsey, the domineering wife of storekeeper Ike Godsey, in the CBS series about a Virginia mountain family living through the 1930s financial depression and World War II.
The series ran for nine years in the 1970s; Edwards began appearing in it in 1975.
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Ronnie Claire Edwards, the veteran actress on the beloved TV series,The Waltons, has died, according to her Facebook page. She was 83.
"Ronnie Claire passed peacefully in her sleep this evening," her page said late Tuesday. "Our beautiful and extraordinary friend has peacefully made her final curtain call. Thank you all for your wonderful caring and support."
Edwards, who had been living in Texas, had a long TV and film career but was best known for playing Corabeth Walton Godsey, the domineering wife of storekeeper Ike Godsey, in the CBS series about a Virginia mountain family living through the 1930s financial depression and World War II.
The series ran for nine years in the 1970s; Edwards began appearing in it in 1975.
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Great character and a fine actress. Cross gently, Ronnie Claire...
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RIP, Ms. Edwards.
to her family and friends .
