June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost In Space,’ dies at 100

Obit Lockhart FILE - In this file photo showing the crew from the original cast of the television series "Lost in Space" from left in the back row are: Bob May, Bill Mumy, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris; in the front row from left: June Lockhart, Marta Kristen, Angela Cartwright in Boston on Dec. 2, 1995. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (AP1995) (STEVEN SENNE/AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost In Space,” has died. She was 100.

Lockhart died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, family spokesman Lyle Gregory, a friend of 40 years, said Saturday.

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