Actors Jerry Mathers (L) and Tony Dow, stars of the hit comedy sequence “Go away It To Beaver” act as presenters throughout a taping of the second annual TV Land Awards in Hollywood March 7, 2004. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Picture
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July 26 (Reuters) – Actor Tony Dow, finest recognized for his function as Wally Cleaver within the Fifties American TV hit sitcom “Go away It to Beaver,” is alive however gravely unwell, his administration crew mentioned on Tuesday, correcting its earlier assertion that he had died.
“This morning Tony’s spouse Lauren, who was very distraught, had notified us that Tony had handed and requested that we notify all his followers,” the assertion mentioned. “We’ve since acquired a name from Tony’s daughter-in-law saying that whereas Tony shouldn’t be doing nicely, he has not but handed.”
The 77-year-old Dow, who has been identified with most cancers, is in hospice care, his son Christopher instructed Fox Information Digital and different media.
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The assertion from Dow’s administration crew mentioned the actor’s son and daughter-in-law have been “by his facet comforting him.”
In “Go away It to Beaver,” Dow performed the teenage older brother of the title character, Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver. Dow’s function within the present – which ran from 1957 to 1963 and depicted an idealized American household dwelling a carefree life in a postwar suburb – made him a cultural icon.
In late Could, Dow shared a Fb message thanking his followers for his or her well-wishes and detailing his well being progress, together with his expertise with most cancers remedy.
Dow reprised his function as Wally Cleaver within the Eighties for a derivative film, “Nonetheless the Beaver,” and a TV sequence, “The New Go away It to Beaver.” He additionally appeared within the daytime sequence “Common Hospital.”
Dow is credited as director for greater than a dozen TV exhibits, together with “The New Go away it to Beaver” And “Harry and the Hendersons” within the Nineteen Nineties.
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Reporting by Tyler Clifford; Enhancing by Jonathan Oatis and Howard Goller
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