What ever happened to those people?
Well, here it is...........sad...........!
...THE OUR GANG CURSE...
Alfalfa
Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31.
Chubby
300-pound Norman Chaney died at age 22 following an operation.
Buckwheat
William Thomas died at age 49 of a heart attack.
Darla Hood
The Our Gang leading lady contracted hepatitis and died at age 47.
Brisbane
Kendall McCormas, known as Breezy Brisbane, committed suicide at age 64
Mickey Daniels
He died of liver disease at 55.
Stymie
Mathew Bear led a life of crime and drugs. He died of a stroke at age 56.
Scotty Beckett
He died at age 38 following a brutal beating
Wheezer
Mathew Bear led a life of crime and drugs. He died of a stroke at age 56.
Scotty Beckett
He died at age 38 following a brutal beating
Wheezer
Robert Hutchins was killed in an airplane accident at age 19
Pete the Pup
He was poisoned by an unknown assailant.
Butch
Currently lives in California
Spanky
Robert Blake was found not guilty of murdering his wife
Robert Blake was found not guilty of murdering his wife
Sorry to be a spoil sport, but I just had to look this up on snopes. Although these are mostly true it's hard to call it a curse.
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I'll never play hooky again......
ReplyDeletePoor Pete.
ReplyDeleteRobert Blake didnt play Spanky, George "Spanky" McFarland did.
ReplyDeleteRobert Blake aka Mickey Gubitosi aka Mickey Blake amoung other names.
ReplyDeletewell we're not the gang are we..........better them then us
ReplyDeleteI loved their film shorts. Especially the ones with Spanky and Alfalfa. Darla did nothing for me. She was always pitting Alfalfa against someone. The little tramp.
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