Barbara Billingsley, the mom on Leave It to Beaver, died at age 94 today in Santa Monica. “America’s favorite mother is now gone. I feel very fortunate to have been her ‘son,’†actor Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver, said in a statement. “We were wonderful friends and I will miss her very much. My deepest sympathies to her sons, Glenn and Drew, and her entire family.†[CNN]