LAKE BUTLER, Fla. (AP) — Jay North, who starred because the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for 4 seasons beginning in 1959, has died. He was 73.
North died Sunday at his residence in Lake Butler, Florida, and had colon most cancers, stated Laurie Jacobson, a longtime good friend, and Bonnie Vent, who was his reserving agent.
“He had a heart as big as a mountain, loved his friends deeply. He called us frequently and ended every conversation with ‘I love you with all my heart,’” Jacobson wrote in a tribute on Fb.
North was 6 when he was solid because the smiling troublemaker within the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham’s fashionable caricature that occurred in an idyllic American suburb.
Typically sporting a striped shirt and overalls, Dennis’ mischievous antics steadily pissed off his retired next-door neighbor George Wilson, performed by Joseph Kearns. After Kearns died, Gale Gordon performed Wilson’s brother. Dennis’ affected person mother and father have been performed by Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry.
The present ran on Sunday nights till it was canceled in 1963. After that it was a fixture for many years in syndication.
Later, North appeared on TV in reveals together with “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “The Lucy Show,” “My Three Sons,” “Lassie” and “The Simpsons,” and in motion pictures like “Maya” (1966), “The Teacher” (1974) and “Dickie Robert: Former Child Star” (2003).
North is survived by his third spouse, Cindy, and three stepdaughters.
