- The Lagunita, Laguna Beach house, while less familiar than their Hollywood home, figures no less prominently in the Nelsons' family history. It's where the entire family came on weekends to unwind after filming all week and during summers when the show was on hiatus. And it's where, two years after Ozzie died of cancer in 1975, Harriet moved after selling the big house in Hollywood. Since then, the Lagunita house has been Harriet Nelson's full-time residence. It's also where Harriet learned over the evening news that Rick had died in an airplane crash in Texas on New Year's Eve, 1985. And it's where Harriet, with David and other family members by her side, died of congestive heart failure in 1994.
- Pictured with husband Ozzie Nelson on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 11 August 2009, in the Early TV Memories issue honoring The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952).
- Interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Hollywood, , CA, on the right as you enter, on the steep slope under the third tree, next to husband Ozzie Nelson, two rows below son Ricky Nelson.
- Mother of actor-director David Nelson and of actor-singer Ricky Nelson.
- Grandmother of Tracy Nelson, Matthew Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, Sam Nelson, Daniel Blair Nelson and James Eric Nelson.
- She and husband Ozzie Nelson were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6260 Hollywood BLvd.
- Sister-in-law of Don Nelson.
- The Nelson family (Ozzie, Harriet & Ricky) were inducted into the 2019-2020 Class of New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Entertainment category.
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