Ken Weatherwax, Pugsley from ‘The Addams Family,’ dies at age 59

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Ken Weatherwax, Pugsley from ‘The Addams Family,’ dies at age 59. Dayam! Rip Puglsey! We’ll continue to enjoy your reruns at zero dark 30 when we can’t sleep.

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  • Lisa Loring had a terrible time with heroin and porn star husbands but Weatherwax goes first. Life is a random event.

  • I've always preferred "The Munsters" to "The Addams Family". Talk about early deaths, Lurch only made it to 46.

    • Yeah, he had one of those oddball syndromes that go with that height, like some think Lincoln had too. Ya know what was ironic? One of his first jobs was playing the organ and piano in theaters for the silent movies -- so he actually was quite skilled at the keyboard -- but all the harpsichord playing in Addams Family was commercial stuff dubbed in!

    • I loved Ted Cassidy in his small role as Harvey in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

      "Rules!. In a knife fight?"

  • Aww, what a shame. I hear he'd pretty much walked away from the whole show biz thing for many years, I'm surprised to see that pic of him with Astin and I presume Lisa Loring -- now SHE had a rough ride.

  • I have seen some re-runs in the past couple of weeks with my Mom so I know this very well. How sad. My Mom is freaking out because they are not that far apart in age.

    • He was only 4 years older than me, but I've seen people younger than me pass away, and I don't freak out. She has to realize that there are other circumstances. In the article his brother said that he retired several years ago for health reasons.