Celebrity Death: Jay North, ‘Dennis the Menace’ Star

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From: The Hollywood Reporter > TV > TV News

Jay North, ‘Dennis the Menace’ Star, Dies at 73

He played the young mischief maker on the CBS comedy for four seasons and was in 'Maya,' a movie and TV show.

By Mike Barnes
April 6, 2025 2:17pm

Jay North, who starred as the young mischief maker with the characteristic blond cowlick on the 1959-63 CBS comedy Dennis the Menace, has died. He was 73.

North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after years of battling colon cancer, Jeannie Russell, who played Margaret Wade on his show, told The Hollywood Reporter. She called him her “otherworldly brother.” ...

Read more at: Jay North, ‘Dennis the Menace’ Star, Dies at 73 | Hollywood Reporter

 

[Unholy Diver]

Reunited in heaven with brothers Peter and Ollie, godspeed you toeheaded little scamp

 

[Jumptheshark]

He spent a lot of time in the 80s and 90s trying to help child actors to make sure that what happened to him would not happen to them. About 2 months before River Phoenix died he tried to convince him to go to rehab. North also talked to child actors to make sure that they asked their parents and agents for proof money was in the bank

 

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RIP