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Mary Rivera, who played the grandmother of Jacob Batalon’s Ned in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” has died. She was 82.
According to her obituary, Rivera was born on June 2, 1943, in Iloilo, Philippines, and died on April
15 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A family member told TMZ that Rivera suffered a stroke and had to be put on life support. The family member also told the outlet that Rivera was “extremely proud” of her role in “No Way Home,” and that landing the part was one of her most cherished accomplishments.
Rivera shares her memorable “No Way Home” scene with Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker, Ned and Zendaya’s MJ. Before her brief appearance, Ned and MJ are in a tense standoff with Peter, who just emerged from the multiverse to help save their universe’s Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland. Rivera then enters the room, breaking the suspense. Via Ned’s translation, she asks Garfield’s Spider-Man to climb across the ceiling and clean a cobweb from a hard-to-reach corner.
A tribute on her obituary page reads, “Tita Mary, as my mentor and colleague, you will be missed tremendously. My deepest and most heartfelt sympathies go out to the Rivera family during this difficult time.”
“Love you, miss you Nanay,” read another remembrance. “My memories with you are vast and long, beginning with you telling me to say: ‘Biva Marcos Lopez’ as a toddler, to three generations taking Cover Look photos, to saying goodbye. Imagining you watching us.”
Rivera is survived by her husband, Alejandro Rivera, and her children, Carmela Jones, Paul Rivera, Edwin Rivera and Angela Kelly.
