Tony Dow is DEAD to Me!

That's too bad. May he RIP.

Sad.

Gosh Wally.

Another dow drops.

That’s three. David Warner, Paul Sorvino, and now Tony Dow…

Got to meet him and Jerry at CHILLER.I have season one signed. Just watched the hilarious haircut episode just this morning.

GOD YOU'RE FAST

Paul Sorvino died?!

I thought the Dow was up today?

I just watched LitB this morning:

[quote]Wally worries that popular Myra won't go with him to the sophomore spring dance if he can't afford to buy her an expensive orchid corsage.

One of my first crushes as a gayling.

Leave it, it’s beaver.

Gee, Wally!

[quote]That’s three. David Warner, Paul Sorvino, and now Tony Dow…

Only Dow is well known.

Tony Dow would not like being ogled by gays on a gay site.

I though he was gay friendly

He had a hot ass but couldn't live forever.

Sigh.

He was hot back in the day. Didn't he later do porn?

Shame-I just watched an episode the other day for the first time in years. Beaver bought his mom a hideous blouse and the bitch all but threw it in the trash can in front of him.

Now he can speak jive with his mom in heaven.

RIP To the guy who let me know early on I wasn't like the other boys ☹️

Some good photos in the linked thread.

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!

Now this I mourn.

Didn’t they say filming was always held up because most of the time he was walking around with a tent pole ⛺️ ?

I know they say he had cancer but he probably took after his dad, Ward, and went too hard on the Beaver last night...

He was aging beautifully. So sad to hear this. I saw him on interviews, and he appeared to be a lovely person as well. Rest in peace, Wally.

I heard in the later pornos there were no beaver cameos

"he probably took after his dad, Ward"

Yep, who's your daddy?

My first celebrity crush 😢

He and Jerry Mathers were close and even toured in plays on the dinner theatre and stock circuit. I saw him interviewed on CBS Sunday morning a few months ago and he seemed lovely. RIP

All the greats are passing away.

"Gee Wally, does this mean we won't share a room no more?"

This makes me sad. He was such a hot little twink back in his heyday.

@r32, "Sorry, Beave, you're on your own"

As a kid I had the exact same bedspread. You have no idea how cool that made me feel 🙂

I got the sense when it was announced in the spring that it was very serious. I don’t believe they announced the kind of cancer at that time which turned out to be liver cancer (usually fatal).

RIP to a good man.

"Hey, it's okay, Beev!"

"We did a lot of junk and had a lot of fun!"

P.S.

"And tell that Eddie Haskell creep I got way more pussy than he did!"

R34

^ Aww, you have me blocked ☹️

You know who was hot? Eddie Haskell. In a douchebag sort of way.

[quote]Only Dow is well known.

To you.

Which one of you eldersisters fapped to dreamy Wally back in the day?

🙋‍♂️... Me

@r41, It was a toss-up between Tony Dow and Don Grady 😛

Was it the Monkeypox?

Sorry, r41, it was either Ward or Dr. Stone for me...

I've been watching "Donna Reed Show" on Amazon Prime and for some reason a number of the episodes are rated "PG-13". For what reason would this be? The ratings' board members dreaming of a naked Carl Betz? He was yummy.

Yes, very sad to hear this.

Has Jerry Mathers commented?

I believe Jerry is the last surviving member of the show. He’s 74.

A true role model in the 1950s and early 60s. RIP Tony!

Dobey Gillis, then Kookie, and now Wally? All my early 1960s crushes, gone! 😥

Verificatia?

Hugh Beaumont was gay, str8 acting and good looking. Why isn't he talke about more on DL?

Jesus God In Heaven, why’d you have to kill such hot snatch?

[quote]Hugh Beaumont was gay

He was an ordained Methodist minister, married for 33 years, and had three kids...

Mickey Mouses's dog was gay?????!

Christ, he was so hot back in the day. And he aged MUCH better than Jerry.

Sometimes adorable child stars grow up into homely adults. It happens.

Tony was a GILF

I read on a certain blog that he was bi -there were stories there from guys who claimed to have had sex with him. I suspect it was true -it would explain a lot of his depression issues. Either way he was hot as fuck. The only reason I watched Leave It To Beaver reruns was the hope that he'd have his shirt off or be wearing his basketball shorts...

He spoke about the depression he struggled with. From CNN:

In a January interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Dow recalled learning over a hamburger and malt that he was offered the part after auditioning on a whim.

"There went my life," he said.

Wally Cleaver, the straight-arrow teenage son, star athlete and Boy Scout, became inextricably tied to Dow, who said he struggled to stand on his own.

"It's sad to be famous at 12 years old or something, and then you grow up and become a real person, and nothing's happened for you," he told CBS.

Dow, who said he experienced undiagnosed depression from age 20 to age 40, spoke out for decades about his mental health challenges, long before it was common for celebrities to disclose that information publicly. In 1993, he was an honorary speaker at a convention for the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association.

"I realize there's a perceived irony about this," he told the Baltimore Sun of his depression in 1993. "You know, the fact that I was in a TV program that epitomized the supposed ideal world of the '50s, and here I'm suffering from depression. But I'm just one of millions."

Dow told CBS that once he accepted his diagnosis and began treatment, he found hope. He channeled that hope into art, too, sculpting ornate pieces at his home studio.

"I think people should take the leap of faith that they can feel better," he said.

Is Lumpy still around?

No, looks like he passed in 2013 -- Frank Bank, that is.

R63 Excuse me, his name is Clarence.

I forgot about James Caan..

[quote]Wally worries that popular Myra won't go with him to the sophomore spring dance if he can't afford to buy her an expensive orchid corsage.

1960s White People Problems

^ progressive white gay male.

Jerry Mathers, you in danger gurl!

"It is with the utmost sadness I learned this morning of my co-star and lifelong friend Tony Dow’s passing. He was not only my brother on tv, but in many ways in life as well. Tony leaves an empty place in my heart that won’t be filled. He was always the kindest, most generous, gentle, loving, sincere, and humble man, that it was my honor and privilege to be able to share memories together with for 65 years. Tony was so grateful for all of the love and support from our fans across the world. My wife Teresa and I send our deepest condolences to his wife Lauren, his family and to all of those who knew and loved him. The world may have lost a star today, but the heavens gained another."

--Jerry Mathers

[quote] "I realize there's a perceived irony about this," he told the Baltimore Sun of his depression in 1993. "You know, the fact that I was in a TV program that epitomized the supposed ideal world of the '50s, and here I'm suffering from depression. But I'm just one of millions."

Actually, he's not correct--one of the reasons that made "Leave it to Beaver" not only popular but also a critical favorite was that it DIDN'T show an idealized world. Unlike other sitcoms, Ward and June often didn't know how to best help Wally and Beaver with their problems, or fully understand what was going on in their lives (they had Eddie's number as a hypocrite to some degree, but they didn't know how cruel he could be to both Wally and Beaver when they weren't around).

It was also the first television show to show a toilet in a bathroom.

Excuse me... Larry Mondello is still alive

R70 That was lovely, Beave!

Hey! I'm still here too

I'd eat his ass, even now.

Poor Sue Randall died of lung cancer at 49.

R71 Yes, but most problems were solved at the end of the episode. Real life isn't quite so compact in working through things. Wonderful show though. Larry Mondello really seemed very real, so natural. Ward and June were on to Eddie after a while, but true, I don't ever think they saw his gangster side at its worst.

This really made me sad when I heard it. He was a lovely man both on screen and off. RIP, Tony.

ITS = Golly Wally and Gee Beeve

You might have stroked it to Wally but I was much more interested in Ward.

Leave it to Beaver wasn't idealized!

My favorite episodes were the daring ones, like when Beaver is molested by Mr. Rutherford, Wally and Eddie kiss on the lips before Eddie gets drafted and dies in Vietnam, Ward has an affair with his secretary and gives an STD to June, June is zonked out on Miltown and misses Beaver's recital, Lumpy kills a family driving while intoxicated....I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

"In honor of Tony's enduring gay fanbase, we have decided to release the many sex tapes he made in the late 60s and throughout the 70s on OnlyFans. We hope you all enjoy"

Loved the show , wally was hot hot hot and the show taught values so greatly needed on tv today.

Was he well-enDOWed?

Is he dead or isn't he?

Tony Dow is not dead to me!

UPDATE: Tony Dow is still alive. I had a conversation with his wife, Lauren. 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. Lauren admits she's been "a little fuzzy" these days--understandable.

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.

While she did say he passed, she now understands the miscommunication and is sorry for causing a commotion in this challenging time.

Actor, director and artist Tony Dow, who is well known for playing Wally Cleaver on the 1950s sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” is near death but remains alive and breathing, his wife Lauren Shulkind told CBS on Tuesday.

The actor’s managers erroneously reported his death Tuesday morning on Facebook. The post was later removed, and Shulkind confirmed that her husband remains in hospice care.

Dow’s son Christopher told Fox News Digital that the actor is under hospice care and “in his last hours.”

So, he'll be dead by sundown probably.

Wow, so this is the first "DEAD to Me!"... NOT in DL history

How soon they forget...

The New York Times has removed the obituary, and posted an apology.

I would be happier if it weren't obvious that he will be gone shortly.

Maybe is your ass is hot enough you really can live forever?

UNDEAD to Me!

"How soon they forget...

—Abe Vigoda"

I forgot about that... Did he ever die? 🤔

If he dies before midnight eastern, I would say this thread could still work.

OMG, so he's not dead!

@r93, Cool, let's all meet back here @ 11:59PM and see where we're at

Didn’t one of Charlie’s Angels float around, in between, for a while??

He’s pulling a Tanya Roberts

Abe died in 2016, R92.

He was always easy on the Beaver.

@r94, "—Billy Mumy"

Are you still Lost in Space?

BEARKING: Tony's alive, he sends his love!

Ward Cleaver ⚔️ Dr Alex Stone

Imagine sitting and reading your obituaries?

R103 if he's in hospice care and very near death, I'd doubt he's reading much of anything

It’s not always like that. Unless your comatose.

"Quick, turn up the morphine, there's still time"

"Wife And Management Team Announced Death In Error"

How does one fuck that up? 🤔

R105 if he is conscious, do you think he's spending his last hours dicking around online?

R105 you’re*

Do you think everyone’s holding hands singing Kumbaya?

Here’s a cool sculpture he made:

Why in hospice do they amp up the morphine so much? It’s like they want people to die and be completely out of it.

Golly Wally, I'm real sorry about the mix up.

Gee Beav, why not fact check your sources first before issuing a statement?

no beaver

Wouldn't it be great if he made a full recovery? How we'll laugh and laugh.

Years ago, Shelley Winters went on a tv talk show and said she was so sorry to hear that Jerry Mathers, the Beaver himself, had been killed in Vietnam. It took quite a few years for many to realize he was still alive.

Has Alice Cooper commented?

Well played, Tony. 😉

I mean, let’s face it, if he’s in hospice, he really is dead. Let’s not split hairs.

"We go live to Kathie Lee for a comment..."

@r98, "Abe died in 2016, [R92]. "

How can you tell?

- r92

Tony Dow's Sad Final Hours!

Make sure when you're in hospice, r111, to tell them "NO morphine for ME, thank you very much!".

R111 It's often administered when the person has no chance of recovery. It eases their pain and makes their death more peaceful.

I hope they crank it up on me when it's my time.

He was dying of Eddie Haskell Syndrome and then the Doctor (Chad Everett) came in and said “none of this is real!”

[quote]I hope they crank it up on me when it's my time

Exactly, r123.

But then the legendary bitch Nurse Ratched came in and tried to put a pillow over his head

Is he DEAD OR ALIVE?

You just can’t kill legendary T.V. Ass

I love a good res-erection.

Live to die another Susan Dey

Well played, Eddie Haskell!

Do I have to give back his stuff?

He's not even in a hospice. He's receiving palliative care at home. That damn wife must doped up out of her mind. Somebody out to put a muzzle on her stop her misinformation.

Your partner literally can not wait until you are dead to begin spending your money.

R133 Is she friends with Bob Saget’s wife?

Joe dad for Tony. But that Eddie Haskell! If sick his socks of in a sec!

That's reminds me. A couple months again I happen to be on pornhub and came across rumoured x-rated "the Eddie Haskell" scene.

I watching what looked like a 60', maybe 70, porn' and not really paying J attention until a voice on screen sounded familiar. It was , Eddie Haskell's voice. The guy was lanky with that short blond hair. It really looked like him. He had big dick. Has anything seem this? Could bel where his porno career rumors sprang from.

Jerry Mathers commented? I thought the Beav bought it in Nam!

Do you think Jerry rewrites the statement after Dow dies?

It wasn't him, r136...sorry. Ken Osmond became a decorated LAPD officer.

I am not dead.

This is how rumors get started.

Shut up bitch.

R139, what about before Ken became a cop? He mighta need the money?

I'm finna find that link for posting, see if we can get a consensus on if it's him.

He's not only not in hospice, he's just signed to do the reboot of LITB, "My Beaver's Gonna Be Sore!"

It's *not* him, r141.

R74 so is Tony Dow!!

In hospice. Probably won't make it to tomorrow...

Maybe it's a Tinkerbell thing. Everybody on this thread clap...CLAP!

r140 I fucking love you.

Eddie Haskell may not have been in adult flicks, but he had classic big dick face

Ryan Phillippe reminded me of a young Ken Osmond.

Shoot. It’s my favorite show and I was always comforted by knowing those two were still around.

LAPD

Leaving it to my beaver.

[quote] Lauren inferred that Tony had passed away to some people close to her and the word quickly spread

No, she implied that Tony had passed away to some people close to her. The people close to her inferred that he had died.

It isn't possible to infer something to someone. You can imply something. They can infer something based on what you said.

In hospice, not long.

So when the wife says he's dead (again) do we believe her?

^ Well 🤔 Maybe if there's some kind of, I don't know, death certificate or something

^ Well, that still gives her some time to mess with us.

I feel like I’m on a death watch with a relative, and I don’t like it.

It's weird. I've been with two people as they died and can't imagine jumping the gun on this. It's usually the opposite. My friend refused to believe her husband was dead after he was quite dead.

[quote] the boy who cried wolf

You mean the BEAVER who cried wolf!

I think this calls for an expert...

It's amazing how incredibly stupid most people are. Paul Peterson posted that Dow died on his FB page 7 hours ago, and despite at least 2 dozen people saying he wasn't dead -- HUNDREDS of IDIOTS to this minute are still saying "So sorry for your loss", "Rest in Peace", etc.

[Quote]So when the wife says he's dead (again) do we believe her?

It's the Tanya Robert's situation all over agsin: first she's dead, then she's not, then she is.

No one has mentioned the reboot, "The New Leave It to Beaver," which ran for 101 episodes.

Ken Osmond had to retire from his police job after being shot three times (his vest saved his life). He then appeared in the TV movie "The New Leave It to Beaver" and the new series based on it.

Why are so many assholes jumping the gun? ALL journalistic basics are gone now?

Tanya Roberts and Tony Dow.... Abe Vigoda was one thing, but THAT was meant to be funny.

Hot guy always and a nice guy .

R166 it was posted on his official facebook page. Reasonable assumption

He's dead as me

He's dead to me!

He seemed like a really decent human being, so I’m not going to make the usual Gayle King joke. RIP, Tony.

My personal favorite Leave It To Beaver episode was the one where things got pretty freaky with Ward, June and Eddie Haskell.

Ward: "Eddie, you're such a fine, strong young man. There's been something I've been meaning to ask you. I guess you could call it a favor."

Eddie: "Golly gee Mr. Cleaver, I'm always happy to help you out with a favor. What is it?"

Ward: "I want to watch you fuck my wife. I'll just sit in the corner and jerk off. Unless you want me to do more."

Eddie: "Gee Mr. Cleaver, I wouldn't mind if you joined in. Not at all!"

That was such a good episode.

My favorite episode...

I was surprised to find out that Tony Dow is his real name. Tony Lee Dow. And he was a champion swimmer and diver before auditioning for Beaver more or less as a lark. He wasn't expecting to get the part.

Beautiful eyes

" he was a champion swimmer and diver "

He was 12 years old, champion of what? The 6th grade

He would have been my home room crush, r176. I wonder if he was in the band, too.

He was a Junior Olympics diving champion.

The one time Susan Dey actually offered her condolences, it turns out, Tony hadn't died.

Maybe he can tell us what it's like on the other side.

Earlier today, Wiki had Tony dead in Topanga, CA.

By the miracle of the Internet, he lives.

Cancer sucks . Poor guy

Comedy is not your strong suit, R172.

Tony

r183 - lips pursed tighter than a cat's asshole

Tony

So he's not really dead? What is going on?

Tony

Susan Dey is so confused. What is she supposed to do?

That Susan Dey meme is so fucking tired and unfunny. Of course this is Aspielounge where it will be run into the ground again and again and again.

Tony was so dreamy.

Handsome

Tony Dow

So, now it's tomorrow is he still not dead to me? 🤔

Show shorry my darling Tony. You were terrif!

He's not fucking dead you hysterical qweens.

^ We know he's not dead, but is he STILL not dead?

Wally and Beaver were like generic versions of David and Ricky Nelson. The Nelson boys were both fuckable.

^ Wally was way too hot to be Beaver's biological brother...

My husband was travelling so much. I had needs.

[quote]Beaver Was the Unfortunate Product of a Brief Affair June Had

^ Was it that key party at Lumpy Rutherford's parent's house, where June had too much Midori, around the time she had been reading "The Feminine Mystique" with her ladies' book club...

Does anyone know what Ward Cleaver actually did for a living?

Even though Fred Rutherford worked there too - it was never specified during the entire run of the show.

R202 they ran a human trafficking ring

Mrs. Cleaver, you were an insatiable whore!

Nice slip though.

R202 he was a door-to-door knee pad salesman.

That’s how he met Dr Alex Stone.

The Dow was down around noon yesterday but shot right back up before closing

[quote]That’s how he met Dr Alex Stone.

Dr. Alex Stone and his wife Donna - that's who the Cleavers did most of their swinging with!

I knew it would come back to me...and frankly I was just horrified...they never remembered to close their drapes!

"Now Larry, you may go over to Theodore's house to play, but you must come home immediately if his parents' "friends" show up and they start that drinking and playing adult games!"

[quote] Does anyone know what Ward Cleaver actually did for a living?

It was vague, but apparently he worked for a trust company.

[quote] He works for a "big company" with main offices in New York City; more specifically, it was revealed in Season 3, Episode 19 that Ward works for a trust company under Mr. Anderson.

[quote]It was vague, but apparently he worked for a trust company.

That's a classic CIA operative cover story.

^ No, but Lumpy (I mean Clarence) suspected...

he found his dad's muscle magazines hidden in the garage, where he and Eddie Haskell used to go to jerk off.

R173 Classic. It was also Jerry Mather's favorite episode.

Was Dow’s agent a chicken Hawk? So many shirtless pictures!

I know how the guy feels

I wonder how many times Tony had to defend himself against Richard Deacon

Who is still alive from Beaver?

Beaver? Judy? Penny? Larry? Gilbert? Richard? Miss Landers?

"Miss Landers, I don't want to be a snitch, but Beaver Cleaver rubs his penis while he watches his brother naked in the shower."

I was watching the movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof the other night and realized for the first time that Larry Mondello (Rusty Stevens) plays one of the no neck little monsters. He’s the one who runs into the room with a sparkler screaming, “Here comes that birthday party”.

R219 nice catch!

r217 see r76

OT: R173, thank you for that photo reminder. I intend to use it as the mascot for those transitioning in youth. Talked into something crazy by others and now stuck up in a can of soup with no way out. Waiting for "mother" to rescue them.

Whitey talked him into it. Damn those White Males really are the devil. Just ask the Beave.

How is this for a truly intersectional OT post.

[quote]The Dow was down around noon yesterday but shot right back up before closing

He shot his hot load right up my cooter regularly.

^ yeah, but that was about 40 - 50 years and about 150 lbs ago, Mary Ellen...

Jerry Mathers said the character of Larry was dumped because of his mother. Rusty's real mother (not his TV mother) was a real bitch.

The man who played Whitey was a drug addict, Stanley Fafara was a recovering heroin addict who contracted hepatitis C.

In 2003, Fafara died a pauper. He was living in a single room along Portland's skid row, paying $153 a month rent out of his monthly $475 Social Security disability check, the Los Angels Times said.

[quote]My husband was travelling so much. I had needs.—Mrs. Ward Cleaver

We know, June.

That's how you became so fluent in "Jive".

"Larry, if Mrs. Cleaver lets any of her Colored gentlemen friends into the house, I want you to come home immediately - and tell me ALL about it."

[quote] In 2003, Fafara died a pauper.

He should have been nicer to Beaver.

[quote]Does anyone know what Ward Cleaver actually did for a living?

I thought he worked for an insurance company, but I think I have him confused with Robert Young on "Father Knows Best."

[quote]Who is still alive from Beaver? Beaver? Judy? Penny? Larry? Gilbert? Richard? Miss Landers?

Beaver, Judy and Larry Mondello are still alive. Miss Landers, Sue Randall, died of cancer at age 49.

No one seems to be sure about Wally.

Is Wally STILL not dead to us?

r232

Why are you gays in such a hurry for people to die?

[quote]Does anyone know what Ward Cleaver actually did for a living?

That was never stated, but we know Ward was NOT a lawyer. Because a girl Wally brought home to dinner specifically asked if Ward was a lawyer and he said "no."

Ward was some sort of businessman, which was a step up over Ozzie Nelson, who did who-the-hell-knows-what.

Missus was drunk again. Sending my luv.

Ozzie Nelson was a band leader with a LOT of free time on his hands to look after his most fuckable boys 😜

Schrodinger's Tony. If you put Tony Dow in hospice with cancer and don't know his condition is he both dead and alive?

"Ozzie and Harriet" started as a radio show, on which, as in real life, Ozzie was a bandleader and Harriet was a singer with his band. David and Ricky were originally played by child actors, not their actual kids, on radio, When the show moved to television, it took on the suburban setting popular at the time, and dropped the references to Ozzie and Harriet being in showbiz. As a result, Ozzie had no discernible occupation.

From all accounts, Ozzie was too busy being a huge, gigantic dickwad task master to everyone and anyone on the set, especially David and Ricky, to have given much thought to his TV occupation.

And is Tony Dow really dead yet or not?

He really is gone now.

Ozzie Nelson was an asshole?

@r241... Not falling for THAT again 😠

We need proof. Bring us the head of Tony Dow!

R242, from Wikipedia:

Cultural historians have noted that the on-screen laid-back character was very different from the real-life Ozzie Nelson, who has been characterized as an authoritarian figure who monitored every aspect of his children's lives.[8] In 1998, A&E broadcast a documentary entitled Ozzie and Harriet: The Adventures of America's Favorite Family, which depicted Ozzie Nelson as a dictatorial personality who "thwarted his sons, preventing them from attending college and reminding them that they were obliged to work on television".[9] Author David Halberstam has written, "the Nelsons arguably were a dysfunctional family. In real life, Ozzie was a workaholic who stole his sons' childhood (by having them grow up in show business)".

He had a hot ass, but he didn't live forever

He looks like Amy Schumer.

He did indeed have a hot ass. And chest. I'm sorry he is gone, but relieved that the vigil is over.

Fool me once

This is why I don't comment!

He married his first wife at 24. I think, in his memory, she should release the pictures and videos from their honeymoon

Was Hugh Beaumont really gay as someone mentioned upthread?

Has any mention of his estate been made yet? Did he Leave It to Beaver?

Sure, r252...if you want him to be.

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The photos at R255 show that Jerry Mathers grew old but essentially never changed. He went from looking like a 10-year-old Beaver to a 70-year-old Beaver. It's a little creepy, actually.

[quote] Tony's son Christopher posted Tuesday, "Dad is at home, under hospice care

Wait, isn't "hospice" a place you go to when you are about to die? How could he be at home.

Hospice is a service. It can be a service provided at a dedicated location, but increasingly many opt to have the service in their own homes.

The correct word would have palliative care. The wife created endless confusion when she said he was getting hospice care, making everyone think he was in a hospice. He died at home.

Hospice is mostly home care now. Hospitals like calling it hospice because it sounds better than saying 'there's nothing more we can do so you relatives should take over to save us some money, we'll provide the uber'.

The DM article has a cute video, too, from Tony's recent years. His voice stayed just the same! Looks like they had a good life.

Jerry Mathers was really adorable when the show first started (and in Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry"), but by the time he reached puberty, it was all over for him looks-wise. He did look uncanny as an adult; still, I think the "used to be cute" face got a little better on him in later years.

Hospice isn't just home care. Help and health care are provided by visiting nurses. The patients just don't live in a hospice facility.

One of the funniest episodes of "Married, With Children" was when Jerry Mathers appeared, playing himself very good naturedly as a washed up child star emceeing at a supermarket shopping contest .

Among other lines, Bud Bundy asks Jerry: Is it true you and the guy who played Eddie Munster are going on a "Thoroughly Pathetic World Tour '91?"

Hospice isn't a physical place, R259.

MWC

It is sometimes, r264.

[quote] Hospice isn't just home care. Help and health care are provided by visiting nurses.

Home hospice does NOT include visits from nurses and health care assistants. You get a phone number. Most people don't realize home hospice is 24 hour care by the relatives. It is very difficult.

I wonder if Mrs Billingsley ever looked at her growing TV son and invited him into her dressing room

^ Nah, she didn't learn to speak jive for no scrawny little white boy

You are wrong, R267.

I'm right R270

He seemed like a sweet guy....very much like his modest, on the quiet side character on LITB. I watched an interview with him, and he was down to earth. I guess the last surviving character of the show is Jerry Mathers....the Beaver. RIP Tony Dow...enjoyed you on LITB.

"His death was confirmed by his manager, Frank Bilotta. On Tuesday, his representatives announced his death erroneously in a Facebook post; it was later deleted, but not before many news organizations, including The New York Times, published obituaries, relying on that post as confirmation of the death. In May, Mr. Dow said he had been diagnosed with liver cancer." The New York Times, July 27, 2022.

I hope Mr. Dow is enjoying a hearty celestial laugh, having in death exposed media muddy feet and brought those entities down a peg.

Rest in peace, Tony Dow.

Just checking. Is he still dead?

PBS News spoke about it. It's official.

[quote]The correct word would have palliative care. The wife created endless confusion when she said he was getting hospice care, making everyone think he was in a hospice. He died at home.

In the US it's usually called hospice, not palliative. And it's frequently done at home now.

[quote]I wonder if Mrs Billingsley ever looked at her growing TV son and invited him into her dressing room

Not only that, but she invited Ken Osmond at the same time.

r272 which just shows being a cunt is the way to live a long life.

Sweet Miss Landers was a ciggie addict. Died from lung cancer, only 49 years old.

I hope he wasn't in extreme pain in these last hours.

I see that there are a lot of episodes of the short-lived soap Never Too Young that he starred in on line. Dack Rambo co-starred.

Tony had a great speaking voice--very distinctive even as a little kid. He was really great on the original show, I thought. Very calm in contrast to Beaver's antics. May he rest in peace.

Is Topanga Canyon really and artists’ community and lush and pretty?

R283 It definitely has a hippie vibe to it. And it's very pretty.

As a kid watching reruns Diana Rigg as Emma Peel from The Avengers was my first crush. A couple of years later I discovered Leave it To Beaver and Tony Dow as Wally was by far my biggest crush. All these years later he remained my ideal.

Gone too soon. Rest in peace Tony.

Alas he only has one son and from what I can tell, one granddaughter. No hot young new Tonys to remember him by.

Topanga canyon is the backyard of Malibu . It’s in Santa Monica mountains, and definitely has an artistic chill vibe

What about me R286?

Does anyone else remember seeing him on The People's Court, testifying on behalf of his younger girlfriend who was in a dispute with her landlord?

Supposedly Tony. Nice to think so.

I noticed from the "Tony O'Dell Fact Sheet" that his favorite movie is "The Wizard of Oz."

Obviously a homosexualist.

No, r289, but I remember seeing Lana Cantrell!

This is what I'm going by, and it reflects my experience. I grant that yours differed.

My parent received home hospice care for 3 weeks as he was dying from cancer. This was initiated by the Veterans Administration and included not only care supplemented by my other parent and me, but also medical equipment provided by the VA ad well as daily visiting medical nurses who assisted us.

Gurls, gurls! They're still gonna die. Does it matter?

R290. Nude Tony Dow is hot. Nice intact cock.

It's now been more than 60 years since 'Leave It To Beaver' went on the air, and its significance to American culture is truly amazing and everlasting.

RIP Tony Dow. Thank you, sir. You made an indelible impression on us all.

Who give a fuck is someone is "intact?"

Hospice used to have a particular meaning, a place people went to for end of life pain care. That meaning has changed over the last few decades but most people are unaware. I hate when people try to change the meanings of particular words for political or profit reasons, like calling the Covid vaccine an actual vaccine. Tony was in palliative care at home. His widow inadvertently made it sound like he was in an old fashioned Hospice when he was at end of life care at home. i just hate it when manipulative people try to change language for personal profit.

^ Old fashioned grammarian. Evidently grammarist is not an accepted word and I hang my head in shame.

R298 are you new here?

And Jesus Christ, only on DL could the meaning of hospice care become a debate

r301 I'm aware that there are one or two trolls who are obsessed with "intact" men. It is bizarre and weird to give a fuck if a guy is cut or uncut.

I don't think it's one or two. Once was enough for me with uncut. A complete turnoff. I have a friend that was cut at 27.

Different strokes for different folks, R303. Once I tasted uncut dick I never wanted to go back. I wouldn't turn a guy down because he's cut, but uncut guys always go to the... urm... head... of the line.

Goodnight, sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Is Eddie Munster still alive???

If you meant Eddie Haskell, aka Ken Osmond, despite all the silly rumors of his becoming a pornstar or dying in Vietnam, he spent 18 years as a cop, had to retire after being severely injured in a shootout and went back to his Eddie Haskell role in the 1980s TV movie which lead to the revived series in which he had a featured role. He died in 2020.

E304, I certainly agree. Uncut is just not for me. We all have our turn-offs. There are plenty of both to go around.

[quote]Is Eddie Munster still alive???

He died after seeing the trailer for Rob Zombie's Munsters movie.

R290 Definitely not Tony Dow. Tony was never that muscled up.

R296 That's not Tony Dow and that cock isn't intact.

R290 That’s Tony Dow on a Half Shell and he’s as cut and perfected as a diamond 💎

R290 shows how I will always remember Tony Dow.

[quote]Sue Randall (Beaver's Miss Landers) cigarette commercial

So Beaver's Miss Landers and Miss Landers' beaver are both gone.

MeTV and FETV both doing LITB marathons this Sunday.

Here’s an episode of Never Too Young, the short lived soap opera that Tony did after Leave it to Beaver. Sorry for the quality. None of the episodes on YouTube seem to be good quality. He’s shirtless in swim trunks in the first 5 minutes.

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R317 The body of the guy in R290 is nothing like the Tony's body in your post. Not even close.