June Lockhart was known as a beloved mother figure on classic TV shows such as Lassie and Lost in Space, but in real life, she was a rock and roll goddess—at least according to her TV son, Billy Mumy.
In a 2013 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, Mumy said of Lockhart, “She is truly a rock and roll goddess. I swear to God she lives for rock and roll.”
Lockhart, 100, died of natural causes on Oct. 23 at her Santa Monica, California, home, her spokesperson Harlon Ball confirmed to The New York Times. But she left behind a legacy that went way beyond Lassie, where she played foster mother Ruth Martin, or Lost in Space, where she played biochemist mom, Dr. Maureen Robinson.
In a 1994 interview, Lockhart said, “I can control my reputation, but not my image, because my image is how you see me.”
“I love rock ‘n’ roll and going to the concerts,” she added, according to celebrity.land. “I have driven Army tanks and flown in hot air balloons. And I go plane-gliding – the ones with no motors. I do a lot of things that don’t go with my image.”
Not long before her death, Lockhart told the Hartford Courantthat she had no professional regrets, but on a personal level, she regretted not ever having the chance to meet rocker David Bowie before he died in 2016.
Lockhart was a huge Bowie fan. “She was enamored with David Bowie,” Mumy said in a video interview. “In the 80s, she carried a picture of one person in her wallet, and it was David Bowie,” he also confirmed during the Television Academy interview.
Lockhart talked about her love for rock music in an interview with Fox News Digital in 2024. “I have been a music fan forever,” the then-99-year-old revealed. “The Beatles, Stones, Chicago, David Bowie, Huey Lewis and the News, Tina Turner.”
Lockhart revealed she even once hired a rock and roll supergroup to play at her home. “We threw a Halloween party at my home in the late ‘60s, and I hired a band called Hour Glass,” she added. “They were fantastic. Truly talented guitars, keyboards and vocals . . . then they changed their name to the Allman Brothers Band.”
Mumy told the outlet that his TV mom gave him a first-hand look at her love for rock music. “She took me and [Lost in Space co-star] Angela Cartwright to the Whisky a Go Go,” he said. “She got us tickets to see Simon & Garfunkel. June is truly a rock ‘n’ roll gal.”
Following Lockhart’s death, Cartwright posted a tribute on Instagram, which also mentioned her love for music. “She played my mom on Lost in Space, and I’ll always treasure our time together on and off the screen,” Cartwright wrote. “So smart, quick, and funny — she filled her 100 years with curiosity, laughter, and rock ’n’ roll.”
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