Posted on 04/06/2025 2:34:06 PM PDT by DFG
Former child star Jay North passed away, at age 73, peacefully at his Lake Butler, FL home on Sunday at noon following a long battle with colorectal cancer.
The Hollywood native is best known for playing the titular role in CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace, based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip, which ran for four seasons spanning 1959-1963.
'Jeanne Russell just called us with terribly sad, but not unexpected news,' Jay's friend Laurie Jacobson announced on Facebook.
'As many of his fans know, he had a difficult journey in Hollywood and after...but he did not let it define his life. He had a heart as big as a mountain, loved his friends deeply. He called us frequently and ended every conversation with "I love you with all my heart."
'And we loved him with all of ours. A life-long friend of Jon's, a brother to Jeanne and a dear friend to me, we will miss him terribly. He is out of pain now. His suffering is over. At last he is at peace.'
Laurie's husband - Lassie alum Jon Provost - added on his own Facebook account: 'I've known Jay for almost 70 years, now you can rest in peace Jay. It wasn't as easy for you as it was for some of us, not that it was a piece of cake that's for sure, but you did suffer a lot more than most. You were a great guy Jay and I miss you with all my heart, but I know you're at peace now.'
According to TMZ, North's health deteriorated over the past month and when he died he was surrounded by his wife Cindy and his beloved stepdaughters, who 'gave him a family he never had' since he was an only child who never knew his father.
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People who act are more than just actors.
You have no idea what this man did with a long life after he stopped acting full time. And a lot of us remember his role as Dennis very fondly.
You just seem to be one of those people who gets off on being a jerk online.
You have got to be one of the most obnoxious asses I’ve encountered in decades of reading this forum.
Thanks for sharing your opinion, Hollywood drone.
The Hollywood drone chimes in again.
Get back to us when you become famous for something other than exhibiting extreme boorishness.)
Jeanne Russell, mentioned in the article. They were friends to the end..........
Apparently, she became a chiropractor.
We have seen an explosion of cancer since the death jab was rolled out... roughly 40% increase... I lost a friend that I served with to Colon cancer... about a year after the jab was rolled out... he was 50... and dead within 6 weeks of being diagnosed... unless these obituary’s come with a vax status... I assume he is dead because the Government poisoned him with the COVID vaccine... It killed my step mom 3 weeks after her second shot... it is genocide... and we better damn well get Trump to get right with God on this. Any suicidal agents or big pharma trolls, you can stay silent.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after Hollywood, got an honorable discharge.
After moving to Florida, he began working as a correctional officer, reportedly working with troubled youth within Florida’s juvenile justice system and as of 2011, continued to work for the Florida Department of Corrections.
And he was a FReeper...............
The Freeper who called himself ‘JayNorth’ lived in Nevada. Are we sure it was the actor?
Flying the Nevada flag on his FR homepage.
Maybe not, but If it were me I would have said I lived somewhere else too...........
I think many of us hold the same opinion, dweeb.
Thanks for stopping by to show your ass.
He spoke about living there, and about issues he encountered there.
We have people here with all sorts of names copped from history, movies, etc.
We’ll know if he posts again.............
I have a Dennis the Menace stuffed toy packed away somewhere. Jay had 8 years on me, my parents gave it to me. I suppose because my name is Dennis.
HELLO MR. WILSON!
“Don’t worry, another actor will fill your empty void.”
Clicking on an article they allegedly don’t care about to post a comment about the article that they allegedly don’t care about? Yeah, tell me again whose void is empty, actor.
Probably a Leave it to Beaver fan.
“I think many of us hold the same opinion, dweeb.
Thanks for stopping by to show your ass.”
He somehow got the idea that anyone wants to read his repetitious put downs, trying to shore up his (obviously deficient) self-image.
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