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Jay North Dies: ‘Dennis the Menace’ Star Was 73
Jay North, the former child actor who starred as the titular troublemaker on 'Dennis the Menace', has died. He was 73.
“Jeanne Russell just called us with terribly sad, but not unexpected news,” wrote Laurie Jacobson in a Facebook post. At 6, North won a nationwide casting search for his breakout role in the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham’s comic strip. During his time on Dennis the Menace, the child actor was abused by his aunt and uncle, which revealed during a 1993 feature adaptation of the series.
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