‘Leave It To Beaver’ Actor Tony Dow Still Alive After Wife Mistakenly Announces His Death

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Actor Tony Dow, best known for portraying Wally Cleaver on iconic family sitcom “Leave It to Beaver”, is still alive after earlier reports that he had died.

On Tuesday, the management team for the 77-year-old former “Leave It to Beaver” actor shared the sad news that he had passed away, after hearing word from his wife Lauren.

But in a Facebook post hours later, Los Angeles ABC reporter George Pennacchio has confirmed that Dow, who is in home hospice care, is still alive. “I had a conversation with his wife, Lauren,” Pennacchio wrote. “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.” He continued, “She told me she now feels ‘foolish’ about what has transpired since his death has been reported around the world.