“I think people should take the leap of faith that they can feel better. “I’ve got it under control pretty much,” he said. And it’s had a lot of effect on my life.”ĭow revealed that therapy and medication along with his artistic endeavors had a therapeutic effect on his depression struggle. “Depression isn’t something you can say ‘Cheer up!’ about,” he said. To impress pretty, out-of town girl Kitty, Wally writes letters to her exaggerating his family's wealth and importance but he must later eat his words when Ward and June tell Wally that he will be taking Kitty to the country club dance. With Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers. You know, it’s sad to be famous at 12 years old or something and then you grow up and become a real person and nothing’s happening for you. Wally's Glamour Girl: Directed by Norman Abbott. “I thought, ‘This isn’t fair.’ You know? I mean, I’d like to do some other stuff.
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“I was gonna have to live with it for the rest of my life,” he told “CBS Sunday Morning” in January. Getty Imagesĭow has confessed that he struggled with depression after “Leave It to Beaver.” One of his bronze sculptures was selected to be exhibited at the Salon 2008 de la National des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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Courtesy Everett Collectionĭow snagged the role on the beloved CBS-turned-ABC sitcom, which ran from 1957 to 1963, and appeared in all 234 episodes.Īfter the show ended, Dow popped up frequently on a host of TV shows including “The Mod Squad,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “Charles in Charge.”Īccording to his website, he then transitioned into directing and producing and also became a respected artist focused on sculpting. Dow, seen here in 1960, appeared in every episode of the sitcom.
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Last August, Shulkind revealed that Dow had been briefly hospitalized with pneumonia, explaining that he was forced to wait 24 hours for a hospital bed as the Delta variant of COVID-19 was rampant in California at the time.ĭespite a “violent cough” that was “causing pains on the top of his head,” Dow was in good spirits with no fever, just lots of IV fluids, Shulkind wrote on Facebook at the time. Tony Dow, who as Wally Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver helped create the popular and lasting image of the American teenager of the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday.
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They did not specify what type of cancer he has. The former child star, 77, and his wife of nearly 42 years, Lauren Shulkind, shared the news Thursday, telling TMZ they are heartbroken over the diagnosis and thankful for prayers from fans. Tony Dow, best known for his role as older brother Wally Cleaver in “Leave It to Beaver,” has been diagnosed with cancer. Gospel singer Marvin Sapp says he used to do cocaine and go on booze binges