Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on 'Leave It to Beaver,' dies at 77 [Breaking]
This obituary on Tony Dow was published in error based on an erroneous Facebook post by his managers. The story is being updated.
Speculation that the “Leave It to Beaver” star had died began after his management team wrote in a since-deleted post on Dow’s Facebook page that he had passed away at the age of 77. A cause of death wasn’t given in the post, although there was a report that he had died of complications from liver cancer.
But Tuesday afternoon, Dow’s page posted an update that clarified that he was still alive but was “not doing well.” Leave It to Wally’s Son : Crime: The theft of a Porsche has a happy ending when the child of a sitcom star fights back.Jerry Mathers, who played Cleaver’s younger brother Theodore , wrote a tribute to Dow in 2015 for his 70th birthday, comparing his real-life family to that of the famed TV show.
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