Mary Ann Mobley Dead at 75

Mary Ann Mobley on the set of Diff'rent Strokes.

Former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley Collins died Tuesday in Beverly Hills, California. She was 75.

Danny Blanton, a spokesman for the University of Mississippi, said Collins was close friends with a former chancellor of the university. She graduated from Ole Miss in 1958, the same year she won the Miss America crown.

She became an actress a few years later, playing roles such as Jonelle Andrews (a member of Lesley's therapy group) on ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital and Dr. Beth Everdene in CBS primetime serial Falcon Crest.

In the final season of ABC comedy Diff'rent Strokes, she replaced Dixie Carter in the role of Maggie McKinney Drummond. The show had switched networks in its last year.

Her other TV credits included Perry Mason, Designing Women, The Love Boat and Fantasy Island. She also starred in films such as Girl Happy with Elvis Presley and Three on a Couch with Jerry Lewis. It was on that film she met her husband, Gary Collins, who died in 2012.

Viral Sensation 'Too Many Cooks' References Dozens of Old Shows & Movies Including 'Falcon Crest' and 'Dynasty'

Too Many Cooks, an 11-minute opening credits sequence produced for the Adult Swim show Infomercials, first aired October 27 but has become a viral sensation since it was posted online. Added to YouTube on November 4, the video currently has more than 2.6 million views.

Writer/director Casper Kelly has created a brilliant nod to dramas, sitcoms, movies and serials from the past. Here are some of the classic shows and films referenced:

Small Wonder
Family Matters
Facts of Life
Gimme a Break
Too Close for Comfort
Punky Brewster
Golden Girls
Roseanne
Bill Cosby Show
Full House
Family Ties
Life Goes On
Barney Miller
TJ Hooker
Hill St. Blues
GI Joe
Falcon Crest
Dynasty

Former 'General Hospital' Actor Don Matheson Dead at 84

Don Matheson starred in Land of the Giants.

Actor Don Matheson, whose soap opera roles included Cameron Faulkner on General Hospital, passed away on June 29, his daughter told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 84.

Matheson, who worked as a Detroit narcotics cop before becoming an actor, died in his sleep in the Woodland Hills home of his daughter, actress and musician Michele Matheson, and her family. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer 10 months ago.

In primetime television, Matheson was best known for playing short-tempered businessman Mark Wilson on ABC sci-fi series Land of the Giants, which aired for two seasons from September 1968 until March 1970.

Matheson wed his co-star, Deanna Lund, in 1970 shortly after Land of the Giants was canceled, but their marriage ended in divorce. He never remarried, and their daughter said they remained the best of friends.