{"id":5444,"date":"2026-08-04T04:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2026-08-04T04:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:09:05","slug":"mary-rivera-spider-man-no-way-home-actress-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5444","title":{"rendered":"Mary Rivera, \u2018Spider-Man: No Way Home\u2019 Actress, Dies at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tMary Rivera, who played the grandmother of Jacob Batalon\u2019s Ned in \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home,\u201d has died. She was 82.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5442\">\u2018The Devil Wears Prada 2\u2019 Hits 15.2 Million Views in Five Days on Streaming, Disney\u2019s Biggest Live-Action Movie Premiere Since \u2018Deadpool &amp; Wolverine\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nAccording 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 \u201cextremely proud\u201d of her role in \u201cNo Way Home,\u201d and that landing the part was one of her most cherished accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRivera shares her memorable \u201cNo Way Home\u201d scene with Andrew Garfield\u2019s Peter Parker, Ned and Zendaya\u2019s 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\u2019s Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland. Rivera then enters the room, breaking the suspense. Via Ned\u2019s translation, she asks Garfield\u2019s Spider-Man to climb across the ceiling and clean a cobweb from a hard-to-reach corner.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA tribute on her obituary page reads, \u201cTita 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5440\">CBS Orders Comedy Pilot \u2018Hilda! (In Lights!)\u2019 About 70-Year-Old Woman Pursuing Broadway Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cLove you, miss you Nanay,\u201d read another remembrance. \u201cMy memories with you are vast and long, beginning with you telling me to say: \u2018Biva Marcos Lopez\u2019 as a toddler, to three generations taking Cover Look photos, to saying goodbye. Imagining you watching us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRivera is survived by her husband, Alejandro Rivera, and her children, Carmela Jones, Paul Rivera, Edwin Rivera and Angela Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5438\">Anya Taylor-Joy Says \u2018Women Don\u2019t Method Act Because We Have Things to Take Care of and Can\u2019t Lose Our Minds\u2019 or Be \u2018Assholes\u2019 on Set<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Rivera, who played Ned&#8217;s grandmother in &#8216;Spider-Man: No Way Home,&#8217; has died. 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