Jay North dead at 73: The Dennis the Menace star's 'terribly sad' friends reveal cause of death

UK Daily Mail ^ | 04/06/2025 | Cassie Carpenter

[Jamestown1630]

Some people just don’t have enough in their personal lives to make them feel like they matter; so they have to show off here.

[RightSpirit]

So sad. He was part of my childhood. The all-American blond boy like I was in the late fifties and early sixties. I guess now that is politically incorrect, racist, and un-woke. May he rest in peace in the company of the saints in light and may light perpetual shine upon him.

[Magic Fingers]

“Some people just don’t have enough in their personal lives to make them feel like they matter; so they have to show off here.”

Consider me impressed! ;-)

[lowbridge]

Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home, I turned towards watching LOTS of tv as a way of providing myself with escape and comfort from my misery. Even though they’re ONLY actors who read off a script, there were a small handful of tv shows and actors that stood out and managed to hit me in the very right places at the very right time.

More than just entertained me, they provided me with much needed happiness, laughter, and joy in an otherwise joyless existence. They affected me for the better in a way that all the businessmen and philanthropists and Shakespeare couldn’t and didn’t. To me, some actors are a little more special than just script readers. So, yeah. I’m going to feel a little sadness when one of them passes.

[Bullish]

This kid never had the chance to throw off the ‘Dennis’ typecast, right? Sad for him.

[21twelve]

For those ridiculing the thread about his death, I think your post touches on why it is “newsworthy”. Not so much about him, but on our memories and nostalgia for that old show, and the life it portrayed that many of us older folks can relate to.

[stylecouncilor]

That’s cool!

[alstewartfan]

What is wrong with you, Bro’? RIP Jay. You brought much joy into people’s lives! ✝️

[WinstonSmith1984]

https://x.com/MdBreathe/status/1909054678152642814

[NurdlyPeon]

And so, one of my lifelong ambitions will go unfulfilled. Ever since I was a child, I've wanted to strangle Jay North. Do you know how many times I've been called “Dennis the Menace” in my life? Grrr.

[Libloather]

[philman_36]

Lacking wit.

[philman_36]

Good to see all of the Hollywood drones out and about.

[philman_36]

Hollywood drone.

[philman_36]

They aren’t demi gods is my point. Too much fawning.

[philman_36]

What is wrong with you, Bro’?

There is nothing wrong with me.
Are we all supposed to fawn over him?

[Magic Fingers]

Keep track. My initial comment was with respect to you taking a dump on people who were having a discussion about a subject they cared about and you disdain. Even if I agreed with the point of your underlying criticism (I don’t), it was irrelevant, sanctimonious jackassery.

[philman_36]

Thank you for sharing your opinion.

It's understandable that you disagree with mine, but I can speak it.

Nobody said you had to agree with it.
Carry on.

[smokingfrog]

Jay North was also a Navy vet & worked as a corrections officer. Not all actors are narcissistic jerks.