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  "id": 112328,
  "title": "Mary Rivera, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Actress, Dies at 82",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/mary-rivera-spider-man-no-way-home-actress-dies-at-82-112328",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-04T03:04:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/obituaries-people-news/mary-rivera-dead-spider-man-no-way-home-neds-grandma-1236827154/"
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  "summary": "Mary Rivera, an actress who played the role of Ned Leeds' grandmother, Lola, in the movie \"Spider-Man: No Way Home,\" has died at the age of 82. According to Variety, she was born on June 2, 1943, in Iloilo, Philippines, and passed away on April 15 in Honolulu, Hawaii, after suffering a stroke.\n\nRivera appeared in \"Spider-Man: No Way Home\" as the grandmother of Ned, played by Jacob Batalon, who is Peter Parker's best friend in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As reported by TheWrap, Rivera had a key role in one of the film's biggest scenes, interacting with the multiversal Peter Parkers played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.\n\nIn the scene, Rivera's character has several exchanges with the Spider-Men, including asking them to clean up their webbing and speaking in Tagalog. TheWrap also reported that Rivera's character teaches Ned that his family is magic, allowing him to use Doctor Strange's portal-opening Sling Ring later in the film. This was Rivera's lone screen credit.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Mary Rivera, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Actress, Dies at 82",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/mary-rivera-spider-man-no-way-home-actress-dies-at-82",
        "published": "2026-08-04T02:15:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Mary Egida Rivera Dies: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Actress Was 82",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/mary-egida-rivera-dies-spider-man-no-way-home-actress-was-82",
        "published": "2026-08-04T03:12:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ actress Mary Egida Rivera dies aged 82",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/spider-man-no-way-home-actress-mary-egida-rivera-dies-aged-82",
        "published": "2026-08-04T07:17:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Spider-Man: No Way Home's Mary Rivera, Ned's Grandma, Has Died Aged 82",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/spider-man-no-way-homes-mary-rivera-neds-grandma-has-died-aged-82",
        "published": "2026-08-04T09:00:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Mary Rivera, Ned’s Grandma in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ Dies at 82",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/mary-rivera-neds-grandma-in-spider-man-no-way-home-dies-at-82",
        "published": "2026-08-04T09:42:16.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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