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Major TV star dead - 5yrs after the horrific death of wife and son
A TV icon has sadly died, just five years after the tragic deaths of his wife and son, with his family calling him "an actor, writer, coach, mentor, family man and leader"
Announcing the heartbreaking news on Instagram, Ron’s daughter Kirsten Casale Ely commemorated her “hero” father, who died at his home in Los Alamos in Santa Barbara, California on Sunday, 29 September. “They first tried to cast a former American football player called Mike Henry but he didn’t like chimpanzees and from the moment he got on set, things went south in a hurry,” he told the Express in 2013. Ron was called "an actor, writer, coach, mentor, family man and leader" (Image: Everett/REX/Shutterstock)He added: “I met with them on a Monday and when they offered me the role I thought: ‘No way do I want to step into that bear trap.
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