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Spanky & Our Gang

   

Does anyone besides me remember 

those short silent films?
   
I only vaguely recall some of the episodes showed in theaters.
  

 

What ever happened to those kids?



In case you forgot who was who.



Well, here are some on them....


Our Gang Actors


Alfalfa --

 

 

Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31.







Chubby --

 

 

300-pound Norman Chaney died at age 22 following an operation.







Buckwheat --

 

 

William Thomas died at age 49 of a heart attack. (wow I never knew that buckwheat was played by a black boy!)







Darla Hood --

 

 

The Our Gang leading lady contracted hepatitis and died at age 47.







Brisbane -- 

 

 

Kendall McCormas, known as Breezy Brisbane, committed suicide at age 64.






Froggy -- 

 

 

William Robert Laughline was killed in
a motor scooter accident at age 16.




Mickey Daniels –

 

 

He died of liver disease at age 55.




Stymie --

 

 

 Mathew Bear became addicted to drugs,
especially heroin & spent much of his young
adult years in & out of jail. In the 80's got off
the drugs & went back into acting & traveling around the country doing drug abuse lectures, before dying of pneumonia. 
 




Scotty Beckett --

 

 

He checked into a Hollywood nursing home on May 8, 1968, needing medical attention after suffering a serious beating & died two days later.





Wheezer --

 

 

Robert Hutchins was killed in
an airplane accident at age 19.





Butch --

 

 

Thomas Bond died of complications from heart disease, in Los Angeles at age 79.









Spanky....

 

 

George McFarland went on to become a Fort Worth, Texas Businessman before his death
of a heart attack in 1993.