Leave it to Beaver star Tony Dow, who played the elder brother Wally Cleaver, died Tuesday morning at the age of 77, the star’s management team confirmed.
The team, consisting of Frank Bilotta and Renee James, shared the news of Dow’s death on social media two months after it was announced that Dow had cancer. However, Dow’s cause of death was not included in the post.
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Dow had been in and out of the hospital over the past two months due to his fight with cancer, the team said last week. He was best known for his role in the TV Land sitcom Leave it to Beaver, which ran for six seasons from 1957-1963. He was also a television director who directed episodes of Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The actor was a fan of sculpting, according to an interview with USA Today that celebrated the hit TV show’s 60th anniversary in 2017.
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Dow had a health scare last year after being hospitalized for pneumonia. He is survived by his second wife, Lauren Shulkind.
