Tony Dow death: Leave It to Beaver star dies aged 77

msn.com:

Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver in the sitcom Leave It to Beaver, has died aged 77. His death was announced on his official Facebook page on Tuesday morning (26 July). “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our beloved Tony this morning,” his management team wrote. “Tony was a beautiful soul – kind, compassionate, funny and humble.

It was truly a joy to just be around him. His gentle voice and unpretentious manner was immediately comforting and you could not help but love him. “The world has lost an amazing human being, but we are all richer for the memories that he has left us.

From the warm reminiscences of Wally Cleaver to those of us fortunate enough to know him personally — thank you Tony. ”In May, Dow had announced that his cancer, which he had been diagnosed with years before, had come back.

Leave it to Beaver, which centred on an archetypal 1950s suburban family, ran from 1957 to 1963. The black-and-white sitcom followed the antics of a naughty boy called Beaver, his pragmatic brother Wally, their friend Eddie, and their parents Ward and June.