Actress Mary Pat Gleason has died, Fox News has confirmed. She was 70. A source close to the “Mom” actress told Fox News on Wednesday that Gleason died Tuesday night after being in hospice care for the better part of the past couple of months. “She was fighting for her life the last two months,” the insider said. “And she was just incredible the entire time -- just cracking jokes and trying to worry more about everybody else feeling comfortable than her own pain level.