Lost in Space, the iconic science fiction series, is in cultural conversation again because of actress June Lockhart's sad ...

For kids of the ’60s, it was a thrilling weekly ride and for adults revisiting it later, it became a time capsule of an era when television dared to mix earnest family drama with outlandish spectacle.

June Lockhart, beloved for her roles as a mother in Lassie and in Lost in Space, died on Oct. 23 at her Santa Monica, California home of natural causes. She was 100. Harlon Ball, Lockhart’s spokesman, ...