(WJW) — Actress Gloria Henry has passed away at 98, according to her daughter, Erin Ellwood.
Ellwood announced Henry’s death on Instagram Saturday. She died one day after her 98th birthday.
“She’s flying now, free of her body. She left on a countdown 4 3 2 1 @ 3:40 p.m.,” Ellwood wrote in her social media post. “She was such an incredible woman in so many ways.”
Ellwood says the past year had “been beautiful and heartbreaking.”
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LOS ANGELES – MARCH 10: Dennis The Menace, a CBS television situation comedy. Episode, Baby Booties, originally broadcast March 10, 1963. Pictured from left is Herbert Anderson (as Henry Mitchell), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell), Gloria Henry (as Alice Mitchell). (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) -
LOS ANGELES – MARCH 10: Dennis The Menace, a CBS television situation comedy. Episode, Baby Booties, originally broadcast March 10, 1963. Pictured is Gloria Henry (as Alice Mitchell). (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) -
LOS ANGELES – MAY 2: Dennis The Menace, a CBS television situation comedy. Pictured from left is Herbert Anderson (as Henry Mitchell), Gloria Henry (as Alice Mitchell), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell). May 2, 1960. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
On the actress’s birthday, Ellwood posted a heartfelt tribute to her mother on Instagram. She said, “it’s been a rough month – we weren’t sure if she would make it to 98, but she did!”
Henry is best known for her role of Alice Mitchell on the 1960s sitcom “Dennis the Menace.”
