showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterLegendary comedian Art Metrano has tragically passed away at the age of 84 at his home in Aventura, Florida.The actor, who starred in the Police Academy films as comical cop boss Ernie Mauser, died on Wednesday as a result of natural causes, his son Harry told The Hollywood Reporter.Metrano had previously suffered a brutal accident in which he fell off a ladder whilst working on the roof of his Los Angeles home - back in September 1989.During the fall, he landed on his head and fractured his first, second and seventh vertebrae.He was left quadriplegic, but he made an impressive recovery and even managed to perform his own one man stage show about his experience.
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