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If I Should Wake Before I Die
To gather her family together, elderly Amy Hearn fakes her death and arranges for a wake on her 80th birthday. Charles: Michael Landon. Caroline: Karen Grassle. Dr. Baker: Kevin Hagen. Laura: Melissa Gilbert., Certain that only her funeral will bring her family to Walnut Grove for a overdue visit, Amy Hearn convinces Doc Baker and the Ingalls to fake her death., With her 80th birthday approaching, Miss Amy Hearn (Josephine Hutchinson) begins to brood over her mortality, especially after the death of a close friend. She also frets over the possibility that her family has forgotten all about her. With the help of the Ingalls family, Miss Amy fakes her own death and transforms her birthday party into a wake — just to make sure that her loved ones will show up. Series co-star Victor French directed this episode., After the death of her dear friend, Miss Amy feels lonely for her family. While talking to the Ingalls girls at her funeral, Laura declares it is not fair for loved ones to ignore a birthday and always show up for a funeral. Miss Amy decides to stage her own death and enlists the help of Doctor Hiram Baker and Charles Ingalls.
