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Melissa Gilbert Remembers ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Co-Star Jack Lilley After His Death: ‘One of My Favorite People on the Planet’


'Little House on the Prairie' star Melissa Gilbert paid tribute to her late co-star Jack Lilley, who has died at 91.

“ Little House on the Prairie ” star Melissa Gilbert shared an emotional tribute to her series co-star Jack Lilley, who died at the age of 91 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund retirement home on Wednesday. In addition to looking back on “Little House” memories, Gilbert also chronicled Lilley’s long film and television career, including reuniting with Gilbert on a Western pilot called “Then Came Jones,” which also starred a then-unknown Mary Elizabeth Winstead. I also found out we would be shooting at Big Sky Ranch, where we had shot ‘Little House’…I walked to the set itself and before I could even focus I heard a familiar voice holler, ‘Hey Halfpint, you old rat-ass!!

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