Overview
- The two-part Season 2 finale ran a title card on Thursday, May 21, 2026, that read “In loving memory, Phyllis Gilliam, January 26, 1956 – March 23, 2026.”
- Gilliam died on March 23, 2026, after a battle with Stage IV cancer that family accounts say began with a diagnosis in September 2025.
- Her son Robert posted a GoFundMe saying initial chemotherapy and radiation showed promise but the disease later spread from her lungs to her spine and brain.
- Gilliam spent nearly 30 years in television costume departments with credits including Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Agent Carter, The Upshaws, Miracle Workers, Ghosts, Home Economics, Mob City, Numb3rs, and the film Role Models.
- Family remembrances and the public fundraiser have chronicled her final days in the ICU and the couple’s near‑concurrent losses after her husband Murray died of cancer in January 2026.