Spider-Man actress dies aged 82

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4 Aug 2026 • 5:15 PM MYT
The Independent
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Spider-Man actress dies aged 82

  • Actress Mary Egida Rivera, who appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home, has died peacefully at the age of 82.
  • Rivera played Ned Leeds’ grandmother, Lola, opposite Jacob Batalon in the 2021 film, a role she was reportedly very proud of.
  • She passed away on 15 April in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • One of her memorable scenes involved her character asking Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker to clean a cobweb from a hard-to-reach corner.
  • Rivera is survived by her husband, Alejandro Rivera, four children, 11 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

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