Pa. woman’s childhood crush on ‘Munsters’ TV star Butch Patrick finally leads to love

Munster match: ’60s TV star falls for patient fan

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Forty-five years after a Pennsylvania woman sent a fan letter to her favorite TV star, they’re a couple.

Donna McCall says she had childhood crush on Butch Patrick, who played the boy werewolf Eddie Munster in the mid-60s sitcom “The Munsters.” She was 10 when she wrote to her favorite Munster, and he responded.

Fast-forward to this past spring, when the 55-year-old former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader read something online that reminded her of her crush. She found an e-mail address for Patrick, and a correspondence began.

The pair decided to meet in May at a horror convention in western Pennsylvania called DraculaCon. Fifty-seven-year-old Patrick has left his homes in Los Angeles and Florida to be with McCall in West Chester.

They volunteer for an arts group near their home.