Posted on 07/26/2022 1:36:06 PM PDT by sodpoodle
In a very bizarre development, the wife of Leave It To Beaver actor Tony Dow now says she was mistaken in announcing his death.
Los Angeles ABC reporter George Pennacchio just posted on Facebook that Dow’s wife, Lauren, mistakenly thought her husband had died during the night at their home and mistakenly informed Dow’s management that he had passed.
Dow is reportedly near death, receiving hospice care at home.
Deadline has reached out to Dow’s management team.
“Tony Dow is still alive,” reports Pennacchio. “I had a conversation with his wife, Lauren. She is understandably distraught and grief-stricken about what’s been going on with Tony’s health battle these past months. He’s been in hospice care at their home, and based on some health issues overnight, Lauren inferred that Tony had passed away to some people close to her and the word quickly spread. Lauren admits she’s been ‘a little fuzzy’ these days – understandable.
I think Lauren “implied” rather than “inferred” Tony’s death.
I remember when Frank Renolds announced the dead of Jim Brady right after the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.
Not many people get to say that.
He’s not dead Jim
Maybe it’s best if his wife just stop issuing any public statements about Tony. We the public do not absolutely have to know everything he and Mrs. Dow are going through right now. Stop tweeting about it as well.
Yes. Sadly, he’s in a hospice.
Any updates on Jeffrey Epstein’s whereabouts?
I can understand someone during a hospice situation thinking someone is dead. Near they end its hard to tell.
Shades of Tom Petty.
Good thing the Internet wasn’t around in its current form in the 1970s when there was an extended death watch for Francisco Franco, the despot of Spain in the 1930s.
Hospice means end of life.
Hmm...Why should we believe a guy named Pennacchio?
Evidently Tony Dow is the new Betty White.
Thanks for that memory. It’s a classic.
"What is the condition of Sergeant Kruger?"
Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition.
[Hangs up]
He's dead.
Thanks for the update. My wife played a minor role in a summer stock production that he was in back in the 60s.
Musicarnival in Cleveland, OH.
I use that line whenever I can! It’s priceless. Plus, “I know a little German”
Jeez, Beave, you really screwed up this time.
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