‘Leave It to Beaver’ Star Tony Dow Dead After False Announcement
“Leave It to Beaver” star Tony Dow has officially died just one day after he was falsely pronounced dead under the mistaken belief of his wife.
“Leave It to Beaver” star Tony Dow has officially died just one day after he was falsely pronounced dead under the mistaken belief of his wife.
The statement announcing that actor Tony Dow, forever immortalized as Wally Cleaver on “Leave It to Beaver,” had died has been retracted after his wife mistakenly believed he had passed.
Beloved actor and director Tony Dow, who reached rarefied Hollywood stardom status playing the hunky older brother Wally Cleaver to actor Jerry Mathers’ Beaver in the iconic 60’s series “Leave It to Beaver” has died. Dow was 77.