Parks and Recreation Actress Helen Slayton-Hughes Dead at 92

In addition to her fan favorite role on Parks and Recreation her decades long career, which began with the 1980 film Mafia on the Bounty, featured appearances across TV, including appearances on Burning Love, Veronica Mars, True Blood and New Girl. Her final roles included the Netflix films He’s All That and The Curse of Bridge Hollow.

Following her passing, the official Parks and Recreation social media accounts paid tribute to the late actress, sharing as photo of Helen as Ethel holding a flask and saying, “Can anybody top me off?”

The Dec. 9 tweet read, “Rest in peace, Helen Slayton-Hughes. Ethel Beavers will forever be in our hearts.”