Ron Ely's wife was murdered

[glimpy]

This is horrible news. I spoke to him back in 1992. And I asked him; "How is Manuel Padilla Jr doing? (Jai) And he replied; "I haven't spoke to him in years! The last I knew, he was in that picture American Graffiti!!"

[Nostalgiabuff]

the whole thing is disgusting. it's unfathomable that someone could do this, yet it happens far too often

[PNGwynne]

they're reporting now that the son called 911 after he killed her, and blamed it on Ron

What a POS, I'm angry and disgusted by this.

[Nostalgiabuff]

they're reporting now that the son called 911 after he killed her, and blamed it on Ron, who can barely speak anymore. I guess because of the stroke. Seems the police figured out very quickly it was not Ron who did it

[Mr.Marion]

It's sad, about the only time actors like Ely make the news is when they die. Only this story is much more sad than that. Ely had a very blessed life and its tragic his last years will be haunted by this.

His Wonder Woman episode is "the Deadly Sting". One of my favorite 70's tropes is the obligatory football episode.. Banacek, Columbo, McMillan and wife, Six Million dollar man all had one.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Oh lord, what a tragic turn of events. What's left of that poor family will be haunted by this forever. Very disturbing and sad.

Chris

[Nostalgiabuff]

sounds like he was either strung out on something or mentally unhinged. that poor family now has to deal with the horrible grief of what he did

[alex]

That is awful, the worst thing being, your own son doing this.

[Nostalgiabuff]

just tragic all the way around

[PNGwynne]

Awful, tragic news.

[palitoy]

they mentioned taking a disabled elderly man out of the house. Is Ron disabled? I mean he's only 81. also indicated the killer might have been a family member

It sounds like Ron was impaired by a stroke according to Police reports, this is truly dismal news.

[EmergencyIan]

They’re saying Ely’s son murdered her, then the police killed the son.

- Ian

[Nostalgiabuff]

they mentioned taking a disabled elderly man out of the house. Is Ron disabled? I mean he's only 81. also indicated the killer might have been a family member

[palitoy]

Shoot, I was following this but was hoping it wasn't his wife.

[Nostalgiabuff]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/us/ac...rnd/index.html

sad news. I'm sure more details will come out shortly