David L. Lander, who played Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman for all eight seasons of the popular ABC sitcomLaverne & Shirley, has died.
He was 73. Lander died Fridayat Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from multiple sclerosis, his wife,Kathy Fields, toldTMZ.The actor was diagnosed with the disease in May 1984 but kept it a secret for 15 years.
Lander also provided the voice of Jerry Lewis on a 1970 Saturday morning cartoon, portrayed taxidermist Tim Pinkle on ABC'sTwin Peaks— he was cast by his Hollywood Hills neighbor, David Lynch — and played a tech geek opposite longtime comedy partner andLaverne & Shirleycastmate Michael McKean in Robert Zemeckis'Used Cars(1980).
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