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Leave It To Beaver star Tony Dow has died

Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the hit TV show Leave It To Beaver, has died at 77. He had cancer.
Tony Dow played Beaver's big brother Wally Cleaver in TV's <em>Leave it to Beaver</em>.

Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver in the TV show Leave It To Beaver, has died, according to the gallery owner who represented Dow as a sculptor. He was 77 and had been diagnosed with cancer.

"We have received confirmation from Christopher, Tony's son, that Tony Wednesday afternoon said.

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