Yeah, this Our Gang curse thing may all be true, but the original Spanky was Spanky Mc Farlane (or McFarland, I don't remember.)Apparently nothing tragic happened to him.
Blake may have been his replacement.
Buckwheat spent most of his life in prison for serious felonies such as Armed Robbery, Assault, etc.
The last time he was released from prison a press conference was called but very few reporters attended. The press conference didn't last longer than the 1st question.
A reporter asked "Buckwheat are you going to go straight this time?"
Buckwheat angrily replied he had embraced Islam during his latest time in prison and demanded the reporters address him as KAREEMAWHEAT! End of press conference.