May 19, 2020 04:20 AM
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https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainm...214993002/
EXCERPT: Ken Osmond, best known as Eddie Haskell on TV's "Leave It to Beaver," has died at 76 [...] "He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father. He had his family gathered around him when he passed. He was loved and will be very missed."
Osmond became well known for his role as troublemaker Eddie Haskell on the family comedy, playing the character from 1957 to 1963. Eddie was ... "Wally" Cleaver's mischievous friend who was always up to no good, and audiences could count on him to dream up a scheme. [...] "Everyone knows an Eddie Haskell," Osmond told the Chicago Tribune in a 1992 interview. "...The ironic thing about 'Beaver' is that it was never a top 10 show during the original network run..."
Osmond continued to act [...] But Osmond found himself to be typecast after his run as Eddie Haskell. “In the industry that’s an absolute death sentence," Osmond said in a 2014 interview. "I would walk into a casting office and all they could see was Eddie. I couldn’t get work to save my soul. I had a few minor parts here and there, but nothing that's going to sustain life and a salary."
At one point, rumors circulated that Osmond grew up to be Alice Cooper. [...] Osmond became a Los Angeles Police Department officer in 1970, serving the police force until 1988, when he retired after being shot multiple times on the job. ″I saw a flash of light and the next thing I knew, I was flat on my back on the sidewalk, 10 to 15 feet away. I was not able to move. I thought I was dying," he testified about the time he was shot while working as a police offier... (MORE - details)
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EXCERPT: Ken Osmond, best known as Eddie Haskell on TV's "Leave It to Beaver," has died at 76 [...] "He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father. He had his family gathered around him when he passed. He was loved and will be very missed."
Osmond became well known for his role as troublemaker Eddie Haskell on the family comedy, playing the character from 1957 to 1963. Eddie was ... "Wally" Cleaver's mischievous friend who was always up to no good, and audiences could count on him to dream up a scheme. [...] "Everyone knows an Eddie Haskell," Osmond told the Chicago Tribune in a 1992 interview. "...The ironic thing about 'Beaver' is that it was never a top 10 show during the original network run..."
Osmond continued to act [...] But Osmond found himself to be typecast after his run as Eddie Haskell. “In the industry that’s an absolute death sentence," Osmond said in a 2014 interview. "I would walk into a casting office and all they could see was Eddie. I couldn’t get work to save my soul. I had a few minor parts here and there, but nothing that's going to sustain life and a salary."
At one point, rumors circulated that Osmond grew up to be Alice Cooper. [...] Osmond became a Los Angeles Police Department officer in 1970, serving the police force until 1988, when he retired after being shot multiple times on the job. ″I saw a flash of light and the next thing I knew, I was flat on my back on the sidewalk, 10 to 15 feet away. I was not able to move. I thought I was dying," he testified about the time he was shot while working as a police offier... (MORE - details)