tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840710415146608121.post2926879547349168324..comments2024-03-28T14:22:15.243-04:00Comments on A View from the Beach: Post-Disney Deviance SyndromeFritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08403113111574246294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840710415146608121.post-48340469593477673642013-07-19T22:36:25.763-04:002013-07-19T22:36:25.763-04:00posted this comment on Stacy McCain post
Accordin...posted this comment on Stacy McCain post<br /><br />According to Our Gang producer Hal Roach, 176 kids played in the 221 Our Gang/Little Rascals films made between 1922 and 1944. When you consider how many kids cycled through the Our Gang series, it stands to reason that quite a few of them would have problems later in life. Even so, the number of kids who suffered misfortune over the years is startling.<br /><br />Alfalfa -- Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31<br />Carl Switzer was wounded in Jan 1958 when someone shot him as he was getting into a car. Then the next year, a fatal shot was delivered in a struggle over $50 with an ex-partner in a big game hunting business.<br /><br />Buckwheat -- William Thomas died at age 49 of a heart attack. He died in Los Angeles in 1980 after a successful life as a film lab technician in Hollywood.<br /><br />Brisbane -- Kendall McCormas, known as Breezy Brisbane, committed suicide at age 64, two weeks before his retirement. <br /><br />Froggy -- William Robert Laughline was killed in a motor scooter accident at age 16.<br /><br />Mickey Daniels -- Richard Daniels, Jr. He died alone in a hotel of cirrhosis of the liver on August 20, 1970.<br /><br />Stymie -- Mathew Bear led a life of crime and drugs. He died of a stroke at age 56<br /><br />Scotty Beckett -- He died at age 38 following a brutal beating. The last 10 years of his life were filled with unpleasant stories of divorce, violence, drugs and arrests.<br /><br />Robert H. Young -- Died in a hotel fire, which started when he fell asleep smoking in bed.<br /><br />Dorothy Dandridge -- Committed suicide after an investment scheme caused her to go bankrupt.<br /><br />Harold Switzer -- As was the case with his brother, Harold was also killed following a dispute with another man.<br /><br />Jay R. Smith -- Stabbed to death and left in the desert by a homeless man.<br /><br />Robert Blake did appear in some of the later Little Rascals episodes and played Mickey. Robert Blake was found innocent by a jury of the charges of killing his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. He was later found liable for her wrongful death by a California civil court. <br /><br />Pete the Pup -- He was poisoned by an unknown assailant.<br />GOODSTUFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297008455232643250noreply@blogger.com