Shelley Fabares
American · 82 years old · Died 22 August 2026
Actress and singer: The Donna Reed Show, Coach, "Johnny Angel"
Cause of death
Pneumonia
Shelley Fabares became a teenage star playing Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show, and in 1962 her single "Johnny Angel" reached number one in the United States. She went on to co-star with Elvis Presley in three films and, decades later, won a new generation of fans as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom Coach. She received a liver transplant in 2000 after being diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis. Her family said she died in Los Angeles on August 22 after battling pneumonia. She was 82.
How common is lower respiratory infections?
Shelley Fabares died of pneumonia. Globally, lower respiratory infections kills 2,600,000 people every year. That is 7,123 per day, or roughly one person every 12 seconds. It accounts for 4% of all deaths worldwide.
Deaths / year
2,600,000
Deaths / day
7,123
Deaths / hour
297
Deaths / second
0.08
Share of all global deaths
Risk factors for lower respiratory infections
Since Shelley Fabares died
Live count since 22 August 2026
Total deaths worldwide since then
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Deaths from same cause since then
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