Rose Marie — the TV legend who starred as spitfire comedy writer Sally on the landmark “Dick Van Dyke Show” — was robbed from beyond the grave! Catch up on more “Dick Van Dyke Show news….
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Rose Marie — the TV and stage legend who starred as spitfire comedy writer Sally on the landmark "
Dick Van Dyke Show" — was robbed from beyond the grave!
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The brassy comedienne's identity was stolen shortly after
her death at 94 on Dec. 28, bilking her estate out of at least $11,000. But the brazen crooks didn’t stop there — and tried to get away with as much as $58,000 more in loot!
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Several checks were fraudulently drawn on Rose Marie’s account, and a credit card was issued in her name that a thief attempted to use to buy a brand-new Lexus!
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The day before her mom’s Jan. 9 funeral, Rose Marie’s daughter,
Georgiana Rodrigues (left), said she “got a call from our bank asking me about a joint checking account my mother and I shared," Georgiana told a source for
The National ENQUIRER.
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"I was asked if I had recently cashed a $2,000 check and I said, no, I hadn’t,” recalled Georgiana, who was told of an unfamiliar phone number that had recently connected to the account. “When the bank called that number, another woman answered and said she was me!" Rose is shown here in 2008 with with co-star
Carl Reiner.
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“She had my Social Security number. She had my mother’s Social Security number," a shocked Georgiana said. "It was frightening!” Rose appears here in 1992 with Carl,
Morey Amsterdam,
Mary Tyler Moore, and
Dick Van Dyke.
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But the disturbing story has a happy ending. “We eventually got the money back because it was covered by federal deposit insurance,” Georgiana reported, adding that her beloved mom “probably would have made a joke out of it!”
Rose Marie — the TV and stage legend who starred as spitfire comedy writer Sally on the landmark "
Dick Van Dyke Show" — was robbed from beyond the grave!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The brassy comedienne's identity was stolen shortly after
her death at 94 on Dec. 28, bilking her estate out of at least $11,000. But the brazen crooks didn’t stop there — and tried to get away with as much as $58,000 more in loot!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Several checks were fraudulently drawn on Rose Marie’s account, and a credit card was issued in her name that a thief attempted to use to buy a brand-new Lexus!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The day before her mom’s Jan. 9 funeral, Rose Marie’s daughter,
Georgiana Rodrigues (left), said she “got a call from our bank asking me about a joint checking account my mother and I shared," Georgiana told a source for
The National ENQUIRER.
"I was asked if I had recently cashed a $2,000 check and I said, no, I hadn’t,” recalled Georgiana, who was told of an unfamiliar phone number that had recently connected to the account. “When the bank called that number, another woman answered and said she was me!" Rose is shown here in 2008 with with co-star
Carl Reiner.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“She had my Social Security number. She had my mother’s Social Security number," a shocked Georgiana said. "It was frightening!” Rose appears here in 1992 with Carl,
Morey Amsterdam,
Mary Tyler Moore, and
Dick Van Dyke.
Photo credit: Getty Images
But the disturbing story has a happy ending. “We eventually got the money back because it was covered by federal deposit insurance,” Georgiana reported, adding that her beloved mom “probably would have made a joke out of it!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
