‘Leave It To Beaver’ Actor Tony Dow Still Alive After Wife Mistakenly Announces His Death
27.07.2022 - 00:47
/ etcanada.com
Actor Tony Dow, best known for portraying Wally Cleaver on iconic family sitcom “Leave It to Beaver”, is still alive after earlier reports that he had died.
On Tuesday, the management team for the 77-year-old former “Leave It to Beaver” actor shared the sad news that he had passed away, after hearing word from his wife Lauren.
But in a Facebook post hours later, Los Angeles ABC reporter George Pennacchio has confirmed that Dow, who is in home hospice care, is still alive.
“I had a conversation with his wife, Lauren,” Pennacchio wrote. “She is understandably distraught and grief-stricken about what’s been going on with Tony’s health battle these past months. He’s been in hospice care at their home, and based on some health issues overnight, Lauren inferred that Tony had passed away to some people close to her and the word quickly spread.”
He continued, “She told me she now feels ‘foolish’ about what has transpired since his death has been reported around the world. She also told me, through her pain, ‘it is of my own doing.’ I told her we know it’s been a very stressful time and people understand overwhelming grief. Lauren says she ‘loves and adores’ her husband of 42 years with all of her heart.”
Finally, the reporter added, “While she did say he passed, she now understands the miscommunication and is sorry for causing a commotion in this challenging time.”
The original statement announcing Dow’s death had read, “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our beloved Tony this morning.”
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“The world has lost an amazing human being, but we are all richer for the memories that