(Reuters) - Barbara Hale, who won lasting television fame and an Emmy Award as the faithful secretary to the crusading criminal defense lawyer played by Raymond Burr in the long-running series "Perry ...
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Barbara Jean “BJ” Hale, passed away after a long illness on June 20, 2025. She was born in 1937 to Andrew T. Wade and Mary (Southerland) Carpenter in Kinston, NC.