Link (http://www.etonline.com/news/119180_Mark_Harmon_s_Mom_Passes_Away/)

NCIS star Mark Harmon's mother, actress and fashion designer Elyse Knox Harmon, passed away on Wednesday at her Los Angeles home surrounded by family. She was 94.

A contract player who starred in close to 40 films for such studios and 20th Century Fox, Columbia and Universal, Knox played the lead opposite Lon Chaney Jr. in 1942's The Mummy's Tomb, worked with Abbott and Costello and in several Joe Palooka movies based on the famed comic strip. She was also a pin-up girl during World War II, appearing in Yank magazine.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Knox studied fashion in Manhattan and pursued a career in fashion design, modeling some of her own creations in Vogue magazine before her good looks found Hollywood calling in the late '30s.

Knox married football star Tom Harmon in 1944, and her wedding dress was made from the silk of the parachute that saved his life after his plane was shot down over China during WWII. The couple settled in Los Angeles and had three children: Mark and his older sisters Kristin and Kelly. Happily married for 46 years, Knox established herself as an accomplished impressionist painter.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to The Lange Foundation in honor of Knox's enduring love for animals.

http://www.etonline.com/media/photo/2012/02/23930196/mark_harmon_elyse_knox_harmon_640.jpg

:rip: My sympathies to the Harmon/Nelson families.

God Bless Her and may her soul rest in peace. She had a long rich life - and when I last say Matt & Gunnar - they commented on how active she was and what a great grandmother she was.

She was a beautiful woman! One can see where her children got their looks! Kris especially looks like her.

My heart goes out to the Harmons: Kris, Kelly and Mark, on the loss of their mother and to Tracy, Matt, Gunnar and Sam on the loss of their only surviving grandparent.

And...how romantic she married Tom in a wedding dress made out of his parachute!

My personal and open sympathies to the entire Nelson families and especially to you Sam, who continues to make his sincere passion the legacy of his father and the O&H restoration project. I also personally showed Sam this board and he was quite touched by all your posts. He truly is one of the nicest and one of the most non-effected celebrity related family person I have ever met. He desperately needs to continue to raise funds for the project, the faster the funds are raised the sooner we will see season sets of O&H fully restored and uncut! Not to mention those Nelson family extras! So please continue to follow him on twitter, facebook, & Kickstarter it is still not to late to contribute and every dollar helps!

Link (http://www.etonline.com/news/119180_Mark_Harmon_s_Mom_Passes_Away/)

NCIS star Mark Harmon's mother, actress and fashion designer Elyse Knox Harmon, passed away on Wednesday at her Los Angeles home surrounded by family. She was 94.

A contract player who starred in close to 40 films for such studios and 20th Century Fox, Columbia and Universal, Knox played the lead opposite Lon Chaney Jr. in 1942's The Mummy's Tomb, worked with Abbott and Costello and in several Joe Palooka movies based on the famed comic strip. She was also a pin-up girl during World War II, appearing in Yank magazine.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Knox studied fashion in Manhattan and pursued a career in fashion design, modeling some of her own creations in Vogue magazine before her good looks found Hollywood calling in the late '30s.

Knox married football star Tom Harmon in 1944, and her wedding dress was made from the silk of the parachute that saved his life after his plane was shot down over China during WWII. The couple settled in Los Angeles and had three children: Mark and his older sisters Kristin and Kelly. Happily married for 46 years, Knox established herself as an accomplished impressionist painter.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to The Lange Foundation in honor of Knox's enduring love for animals.

http://www.etonline.com/media/photo/2012/02/23930196/mark_harmon_elyse_knox_harmon_640.jpg

Why quote my post if you're not going to add anything to it?

Actually, I wanted to express my deepest condolences to all those who knew Mrs. Harmon and something went wrong.

My personal and open sympathies to the entire Nelson families and especially to you Sam, who continues to make his sincere passion the legacy of his father and the O&H restoration project. I also personally showed Sam this board and he was quite touched by all your posts. He truly is one of the nicest and one of the most non-effected celebrity related family person I have ever met. He desperately needs to continue to raise funds for the project, the faster the funds are raised the sooner we will see season sets of O&H fully restored and uncut! Not to mention those Nelson family extras! So please continue to follow him on twitter, facebook, & Kickstarter it is still not to late to contribute and every dollar helps!

Uh...oh... You showed him the posts where I gush about how hot he is? *blushes*